Joke's
finally over, let's look to the future
There're
battles to be fought and rights to be won
Or did you think that yesterday's heroes
Left
a comfortable world where the work's all been done?
This half-life is the only half you've got
So
make certain you don't sell yourselves off cheap
A
whole life's much more expensive
And
you've got to start sowing before you can reap
Another
suffragette'll have suffered in vain
If
no-one picks up where she left off
Don't
expect people to stand up and applaud
Reactionaries'll
condemn, complain and scoff
So,
will you skulk about living your half-life
Or
are you half a person enough
To
show them your new clear brilliance
Evoking
memories of an old revolutionary's stuff?
They're your cudgels now, it's your time on the frontline
You're
being called to account so make us all proud
We're the past, you're the present, so shout to the future
Let
the world hear your message... Say it out loud!
©
Stefan Lewis-Fish
(31 August 1999)
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