Haecceity

If what you want is calm
to be restored you are still the enemy
you have not thought thru clearly
what that means

if what you want is a national
moment of silence the indictment
of a single police officer
or two or three you are still
the enemy you have chosen the reverie
of law for you and your friends if you want

another review panel a Justice Dept
study a return to democracy rather than
for riot and looting to leap beyond
itself from county to county
rift to rift until it becomes general
you have not understood
what a revolution is it's just this

it's coming out again night after night more of us
than there are of them it's saying no
to every deal remember nothing
belongs to you because nothing
belongs to anyone

From Red Epic (Commune Editions, 2015). Reprinted with permission of the author. All rights reserved.