banana is a terrible artificial flavor
it’s ok to shoot [back] at cops
i’m not an advocate for violence but for peace
violence is houseless evictions [during fire season]
violence is the terms houseless eviction & food waste
violence is nine-figure budgets for kkkop uniforms
you have to say it three times before it sticks
whoever invented banana flavoring hates us
banana flavor tastes nothing like bananas
annually u.s. companies discard literal tons of food
when i say it’s ok to shoot back maybe i mean necessary
maybe i mean we’ve tried everything else
maybe it’s time we buck up and buck back
there are enough structures to house every human
Captain Planet has beef with the u.s. military
a few people have decided the color of the sky
even less have decided the flavor of the ocean
schools are closing due to poison water fountains
prisons remain open despite hurricane evacuations
prisons remain open despite smoke in the vents
prisons remain open despite an airborne pandemic
public schools close in the Midwest when it’s cold
new prisons generate revenue for downtown suits
new schools don’t produce free labor forces
a student asks too many questions of the whip
a prisoner can’t call home for a guardian
with history books like this who needs a pledge
if you do the math you end up on a watch list
if you do the math you become a flight risk
if you do the math you find a gun in your hand
Kwame Ture is my favorite poet
if we love our people we’ll organize
if we are tired of this shit we’ll organize
if we want uncontaminated oxygen we’ll organize
my parents want a revolution but not a revolutionary son
obama was the most effective war criminal to date
i’ll trust a white revolutionary before a Black overseer
what we believe is a result of our understanding of history
what we believe means very little if we don’t act on it
what we believe might be what’s keeping us in chains
i believe in self defense and liberated zones
i believe in above ground decolonization
i believe in avoiding enemy lines at all costs
i believe that we will win
i believe / that we will win
i / believe / that we / will win.
Darius Simpson, 2022