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MADMENS CALLING: pOetRy

Shantay Armstrong

A revolutionary handbook is in order
Recipes of:
reminders
of history before Obama
of current affairs of hate crimes
killing
rape
lynchings
brutalization
torture
raids
bombs
displacement
gun battles
shootings
arrests
convictions
disproportionate numbers
examples of
the slime of poverty inside dark apartment doors
the roaches and drugs
the screams of the innocent
Remember?
the infestation of corrupt cops meant to do dirty crime
them who say…
fuck your body
fuck your mind
I OWN THAT SHIT
Remember US revolutionaries
We who say
You don’t own shit nikka

A revisionist revolutionary remedy
Remembering:
The All
The Most High
don’t be afraid
fight and stand tall
because those who fall
don’t fall for very long.
And those who’ve risen,
perish, same as the evil system.
Realized Revitalized Recipe for Revolution (Nov 20, 2008)
The Murder of Oscar Grant, RIP
Another Police Brutality Incident

“A peaceful protest turned into a violent one.”

So what?
It’s not the violence that’s not the answer, it’s the disorganization.

“A peaceful protest turned into a violent one.”

Cops with guns, cops backed by tanks, helicopters and bright lights shining above, we may be the people of the sun but those ghetto birds were shining bright florescent lights onto us that night.

How many times will an attack on the people be written off?
The execution shows, as many times as necessary.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is next Monday but didn’t Malcolm say, “By All Means Necessary?”

The murder of Oscar Grant is an example to get the people to STAY IN LINE!: Kill one as an example, scare them into fear.

“A peaceful protest turned into a violent one.”
Violence begats violence.

I would kill for my dead son, any dead man of my people is the same as my dead son, brother, husband or father.

Rise up and organize into formation loved ones! Youth! Rise up with purpose!
With cause.
Already, disorganized emotions have turned into chaotic actions.
The media has planned with the government to suppress any uprise…we must use stealth, covert actions at first, focused planning, trained soldiers.
They come out with guns, tanks, tear gas…then we must come out with fighting mastery, guns, bombs, uniforms, be ready soldiers.
We are fighting in a war.
Stop getting killed!
Organize!
Focus the energy!
I’m mad too. I’m seething with anger from injustice since I was a little one too.

Smashing Black owned shops ain’t bringing Oscar Grant back!
Smash the system! Like trained soldiers during the art of war,
smash it like you’re looking down the handle of your sword, and the battle is won when the tip meets the eyes of the enemy. Slash!
Shantay Armstrong (Feb 5, 2009)