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            —for Neil Smith (1954-2012)

Defender—say what you feel

and what you can defend

not that which is

dead but still dominant

burning neoliberal mind

throwing all there is

onto fossil fueled fire—

but that which is

alive but still languishing

call it an occupation

a global uprising that

still seeks the singularity

of a unified voice rising from

the four corners of our struggles

we know there must be more

than the homeless the millionaires

and the lonely middle class—sing

a is for alienation

b is for the bosses

c is for capitalism

and learn where the leaks lie

in the catastrophic chain—

that the ecological collapse

is the economic collapse

is the ecological collapse

is the collapse of a dead idea

now sing—as soon as this pub closes

as soon as this pub closes

as soon as this pub closes

the revolution begins!