The Shackles of Babylon

by John Shumaker

Breathe in the new
something is afoot
those who’ve stolen the loot
are beginning to be surrounded
down on Wall St
there’s an occupation
it’s sweeping the ENTIRE nation
sweeping all these crooksters
banksters
Attila the stockbrokers
Real Estate Fraudsters
Insurance Swindlers
Corporado CEO Carnivores
Heisters of All Hues
those who’ve bilked BILLION$
the Corporate Bankster Swill
in all the sloughs
whose Greed Sleaze
has millions of Americans on their knees
above their heads in debt
homeless without jobs
unemployed
Students, Young People
strapped with HUMONGOUS loans
Older Folks stuck with unpayable
Big Pharma med bills
only a rat can win a rat race
some kinda lie
They’re taken over squares plazas parks EVERYWHERE
Occupation Tucson started today
Young People with no jobs, no Future, no Dreams
can ya hear their screams
have to be deaf, dumb and mute not to,
corporate media not coverin any of this
Revolution
Takeover
and RiseUP for Democracy and FREEDOM
Young People, highly educated, have to leave their own country
to find work
pursue their dreams
the brain drain in Spain leaves mostly on the plane
Middle Class has now become Working Class
Unions are joining in
the FIGHT
EVERYWHERE
forty years of Reaganism Union Busting now going in the dust bin
Collapse of Capitalism in the mix
from these Banksters with all the tricks
the big TABOO
the no no of discourse
the elephant in the room
that never gets discussed
even treasonous to mention the word
Capitalism
is beginning to be seriously
questioned
critiqued
ANALized
Overthrow is in the Air everywhere
from Arab Spring
to NOW
American Autumn
Futures, Dreams, whole Generations
in all Colors
are being fought for in the streets
all around here
Revolution
Occupation
is in the air
the cackles of the Banksters pouring champaign on the protesters below
read “let them eat cake”
this aint no fake
the crackles in the Wall (St) are crumbling
Everywhere
the People are Rising Up
and removing the Shackles of Babylon
from America
from the Land of the Thieves and the Home of the Slaves
All around here
from NYC to DC to Boston
to Tennessee, to Miami
to Chicago, to San Francisco
to LA
where WE THE PEOPLE
will have our Day
and take our Country back
that’s right Jack!
with a Great Big SMACKKKKK!!!!!!
AHO!