RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: POEMICS
Marching Backwards
Marching backwards into history
Marching to reclaim lost rights
Marching to reverse reconstruction
Marching for a woman’s right to choose
Marching for a black man’s right to vote
Marching for a safe and civil society
Marching for freedom of speech
Marching for a free press
Marching to end homelessness
Marching to feed the poor
Marching for the right to organize
Marching for equal pay
Marching to end slave labor
Marching for migrant rights
Marching to stop mass murder
Marching to end the war
We have marched this march before
So many years, so many times
So often that our feet are sore
We marched to push progress forward
But it seems progress is a revolving door
Two steps back, one step fore
We cannot but ask what is it for?
Each time you ask we give you more
The time has come to measure gains
Instead we’re marching back again
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