Poetry: Lessons from a Society that is… by Elecia

 

This poem released in our first zine was written by by Elecia:

Lessons from a society that is…

1. governed by an elite minority of selfish class privileged liars

   tolerating bankers that steal thousands avoiding taxes

   cheating workers out of a living wage

   neglecting the foundations of the empires built

   from power and

   GREED

2. constructed to support and promote a capitalist system

   teaching contentment through consumerism

   assembled on exploiting workers

   for the benefit of those

   who can afford

   to ignore

   OTHERS

3. encouraging materialism and money spending

   apparently justifying the objectification

   sexualisation and manipulation

   of marginalized individuals

   unfairly represented

   stereotyped and

   SILENCED

4.  commodifying animals into objects to be bought and sold

   their existence exclusively serving human desires

   enduring violence and imprisonment

   under the guise of improving

   the health and pleasure

   of people who control

   DEATH

5. singularly validating lives worthy of autonomy and power

   rejecting groups determined to be ‘less-than’

   based on sex, race, class, gender, age,

   sexuality, ability, size and species

   some experiencing privileges

   while others are

   SUFFERING

 6. We

will not

be complacent

in a hierarchy created

by those who profit from

life at the top of an unjust system

We will resist until all are free.