Friday, June 18, 2010

The Low Road - Marge Piercy

Thanks to Fred Wilson; this poem is amazing.

I only included part of the poem here, the full poem is a must read.

 

What can they do  to you? Whatever they want.  ...  Alone, you can fight, you can refuse, you can  take what revenge you can  but they roll over you.  But two people fighting  back to back can cut through  a mob, a snake-dancing file  can break a cordon, an army  can meet an army.  Two people can keep each other  sane, can give support, conviction,  love, massage, hope, sex.  Three people are a delegation,  a committee, a wedge. With four  you can play bridge and start  an organisation.   ...  It goes on one at a time,  it starts when you care  to act, it starts when you do  it again after they said no,  it starts when you say We  and know who you mean, and each  day you mean one more.


--Marge Piercy
Copyright 2006, Middlemarsh, Inc.

 

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