Hard, too hard:
the punch down
once again.
If we mean
to stop this,
we must punch up
and not with words
alone, not with boycotts
or shame.
Punching up
requires
punching. They know
how not to hear,
how to drown our
voices. It’s the base
under their
whole monumental
world. To break free
will demand
breakage. The less
we accept that truth
in the name of
peace, the more they will drive us
before them with their
punching, slashing war.
To punch back is
to admit that war
is upon us. To punch up
is to admit we may have no choice
but to steal back weapons
they have stolen in
punching down always,
snatching up our strength
and calling it their own
as they have from the beginning
of what they call history,
the time we know only
for its endless hammering
from above.
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