DAY OF ACTION
by TOM THOMAS
(Tom Thomas is a local poet and co-host of the Saturday
International-World Labor Hour on WEFT, 90.1 FM)
A National Day of Action
Is what we are having today
So we may protest infraction
And get some Justice, if we may!
In UNITY we’ll march today
Upon the sidewalks labor-laid
We WILL say what we have to say,
For from our Dreams we have NOT strayed!
Our ‘Financial-Apocalypse’
Was brought upon us by the banks-
The banks like J.P. Morgan Chase
Who rob you without saying, “Thanks!”
They are like giant cannibals
Devouring each Home and Life-
We SEE beyond the big vault’s walls
Where hide the ones who bring us strife!
‘Twas almost a Hundred-Billion
That we Taxpayers had to pay-
They robbed us all, without a gun,
And don’t expect them to re-pay…
Unless enough of us speak out
When Tax-time comes around again,
And that will take the loudest shout
That in our Land has ever been!
Our shouts should be heard from Wall Street
Clear to the San Francisco Bay,
And in the streets we’ll put our feet,
Demanding JUSTICE in OUR day!
A National Day of Action
Is what we are having today
So we may protest infraction,
And get some JUSTICE, if we may!