and i am feeling - just a little bit tired
the days too short - and my eyes always hurt
my shoulders straining - under all the things i bought
i bought this sadness - it was sitting next to the bread
after buying vegetables i start stocking up on my regrets
the Apples were rotten so i take a bite out of a peach
the pixels made me forget to buy a bottle of bleach
making sure to hoard some instant noodles and canned beans
i pass an auction where they’re selling Mother Nature’s green
drinkable water is all sold out, though i do find my cereal
the bees are dying - but They say it isn’t really a big deal
trolley carts squeaking complaints over being underpaid
and at the butcher’s there is Feminism being weighed
fluorescent lights illuminating the best dieting tips
headlines announce the latest Global Financial Crisis
surveillance cameras watch me collect some sleeping pills
the child behind me is now drowning in Debt and bills
self-medication has been put on Sale for the weekend
- i’m already losing count of how much i have spent
the Man announces that a side of fries comes with everything
whilst ignoring outcries against overpriced education and housing
every chocolate has been replaced with guns by the crate
they do pair well with a slice of Racism and Military State
i skip the dairy aisle - and it still takes me a while
to remember none of this is actually fairly priced
and when i finally reach the end of the checkout line
the Checkout Machine tells me my card has been declined
# # #
not enough hours in the day to reach the end of this shopping list
this building has no windows to allow any sunlight to creep in
so preoccupied with coupons that we have abandoned Politics
but we carry the flames of a collective future without a flinch
they always make it so difficult to find the aisle for Empathy
it’s tucked away and hidden behind Freedom and Democracy
Re-claiming position in the queue for Change is harder each time
the wait is long but our Movement prevails whether rain or shine
for so long their poison has become a regular threat in our homes
trying to isolate us from one another, trying to make us feel alone
we know that all of our differences are what makes us all the same
we are never just one, We Are Many, and we will not be contained
we are uprooting and replanting this shopping mall of society
cancelling our subscriptions to hatred and heteronormativity
we reject captivity to a civilization that consumes destruction
the new age is not precarious or passive - We are Pride and passion
for all of the voices faded across the time and space of history
languages lost, cultures ransacked, ancestors kept in memory
sharing the education to not just live - but to thrive and survive
with solidarity and diversity to keep our children and this earth alive
we are on TV and we are in the streets, stood before your barricade of pigs
we are in libraries, kitchens, buses, and malls - shutting down your oil rigs
this young and united Future doesn’t need your skulls and crossbones
with shared voices loud we march towards our return to the Commons
these rising waves aren’t just a revolution, it’s the Evolution we need
a respect grounded in relation and understanding are our planted seeds
back to the biological elders, the cosmic soil preceding our existence
witness the creativity, compassion, and care embodying our Resistance