reprise:revolution

dig we true this new

revolution

(ill at ease)

yes

but pleased,

polyphonic,

& harmonious,

down on its knees, no longer

forsaking any

anymore these

least of we, but spotlight

front & center, full-choir

bedecked&backing

we up

swells o purple waves o

america.

so many places also

are the end of the world, but today

this day stays

the nearest we've come.

so far, yet so far & yet

beats still

this broken,

democratic,

dilapidation

(equal disopportunity for

all/scratchmethat's/you)

been beggin'

braggin'

driftin'

like a

smoke signal,

soot-soldiers,

the brave of the land &

the poor got more smoke

in their clothes than fire in empty

bellies,up

&coming,

arisen

in quiet

fire-risin'

eyes.

(say why? & say soon

on that third day, why, say

now why weren't one

of the closest there, awaitin'? not one

song, not one sandwich packed, not one balloon?

who will watch with me, eyes closed

ear to the ground

the better for

listening&feeling

the jazz of

angel-boots

& thunder-rumble.......)

& so,

reprise:revolution

time

& betimes

past &

past time the

gig's up &

this the deal: See the sky?

can't put that away now

not now it's sung:

sings!>>>we!>>>the sun!

after storm,

(nothin' but a riot of rain&sun:

rainbows is)

earth's bendin' of

light&cloud

prismatic promise

will bend a road out from this

moment,

unfurled by daylight

awhirl

in all the colors

o the dawn.