Ricepaper Magazine 19.4, Winter 2014 | Page 8

POETRY giving a shit We’ll give them leather and feathers Whatever gets their attention We’ll give them drums and songs To see how long they’ll wait For us to turn angry We work with unseen forces Less a weapon with much less choices Our answer to NO MORE. What now Simultaneous exhaustion And exhilaration Determination thick as Mineral rich soil negotiations Not a mob, we are Peaceful-loving people We are the timber Standing in the way Getting ready for the grave How close to death Do they want us to come Close enough to smell What it smells like We have the answers And we’re showing you Holding them up for your Glowing hearts to see Have you no ѡ