I refuse to be reactionary …

“Until the color of a man’s skin

has no more significance

than the color of his eyes.”

said the Ethiopian king –

who was scared to get

off his flying machine

when his followers

mobbed his reverence.

White men

Black men.

Color is not

the main issue.

War

profits of

religion of

money –

time to rethink

slave owners

wage slaves

labor policy …

The haves

and the have nots …

Time to remember

a man ain’t nothing

but a man and his Gods

seem to get him in trouble.

He puts his friends

in power – gives them

the benefit of circulation –

and in mint condition

preserved for generations

to question.

Once black was negro

once black was non-human

and red skins were less.

Property of men

and devils of the

earth to be beasts

of some man’s burden.

I am a ghost dancing

around the issue.

We are all slaves to

the mighty dollar.

Slaves to Capital

plans.

What are we gonna do

when the new monuments

get raised.

Fists and marches and love

and hate and Ad clicks

and hear ye’ here ye’

read all about it!

War in the east!

War in the west!

War up north!

War down south!

What color

are your eyes?