{"id":675,"date":"2018-03-28T15:01:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T19:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/guild-notes\/?post_type=article&p=675"},"modified":"2019-03-21T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T19:51:05","slug":"beyond-bars-heal-and-liberate-lifelines-poem","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/guild-notes\/article\/beyond-bars-heal-and-liberate-lifelines-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"BEYOND BARS: Heal and Liberate Lifelines (Poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Michael Forrest<\/strong>
\nFrackville, PA<\/p>\n

disaster capitalists
\nmasters of disastrous
\nnaturalness
\nnlg catalyst
\nnever waning
\nweighing in
\nagainst banning
\nwhat u.s.a. endorse
\nstanding lawyers 4 the peoples\u2019 force
\nglobal war cries
\nagainst u.s. saber rattling
\nnlg bourne ties
\nkeep battling
\nalong side
\nprisoners
\nstudents & worldwide missioners
\nour faller soldiers
\nare the amounts
\nwe stand on their shoulders
\narsenal of victory
\nbank account
\nreclaiming defacto history
\nrestoring censored
\nroots mystery
\nunnatural disasters
\ncolonizers mass
\ndestruction
\nour mass movements
\nwork to end this
\ncorruption
\nwhile juggling
\ncharlottesville
\nstruggling
\npreventing blood-hot
\nspills
\nslapping statements
\nby amy wax
\ntrump race cards
\nvacant
\nquestioning a peoples\u2019 tax
\nprotecting our
\nrights to travel
\njoy in our fight
\nunravels
\nmanifesto
\nprobing UNESCO
\nwho should be doing more
\nto protect Palestinian rights
\ninjustice in this war
\nis injustice to human plight
\nas u.s. saber rattling
\nagainst peninsula
\nin Korea
\nbabbling
\nits case of gonorrhea
\na white racist
\nsupremacist
\ndisease
\nimperialists
\nsick degrees
\nsuper class purview
\ntheir hunting times
\npersistence
\nnlg mass defense continues
\nfrontline resistance
\ntrump is nothin but a con-man
\nhis corp, marionette
\nmaster don plans
\nactors on the world
\nstage
\ntargeting global folks
\nfor cages
\nheather heyer\u2019s life
\nalerts heartbeat ultrasound
\nher spirit gives our fight
\nrebound
\nfor water protectors
\nconscientious
\nobjectors
\nlegislation against
\nprejudiced prosecutors
\ndecriminalization
\nof legal mobster
\npeculiars
\nno more homage crimes
\nof race to exploit
\nopen doors for
\nhomrich 9 case in Detroit
\nfrom rome to the
\nsuper powers capital
\nno more persecution
\nagainst foreign nationals
\nnlg\u2019s mltf guide
\nchallenging military
\nsex violence
\npentagon cannot hide
\nor keep predators silent
\nand never forget
\nthe cradle of civilization
\nwithout africa\u2019s kismet
\nthere can be no
\ntrue liberation
\nu.c.l.a.\u2019s processor
\neuchice ho
\nstudents against mass incarcerations
\ngioing to blows
\nwith imperialist domination
\nanti repression music band
\nsan fran
\nglobalization
\ncolonization
\ncorporate magnets
\ncasting dragnets
\nand hurricane storm
\ncashing in on disasters
\norganized chaos scatters
\nsome of us
\nwhile most won\u2019t settle
\nfor nothing less than justice
\nwe are the peoples\u2019 rebels
\nlawyers, prisoners & students
\nlisteners
\ncongruent
\nlet us \u201cscream\u201d 2017
\nlaw 4 the people convention
\ncelebrating 80
\nyears standing tall
\nwithout vengeance
\ndisaster capitalists
\ndestroy
\ncarribbean with
\nmakeshift hurricane
\noscar lopez employs
\nLast chance for puerto rico\u2019s name
\nwhile our president
\nnatasha lycia ora bannan
\npresents
\ncontentions
\nfor peace
\ncannons
\nto new highland
\nthe island
\nnlg\u2019s 2017 elections
\n& voting results
\nis our connection
\nto vitals heartfelt
\nwe can never say goodbye
\nto legacy of john Thompson
\nwhile turning the tide
\nour strength remains constant
\ndespite worthy opponents rancor
\nour choices don\u2019t fail to arouse
\nfoyers
\nbeyond bars
\nvoices of nlg jailhouse lawyers
\nand all aboard who cares
\nthis savior affair
\nwith a peoples\u2019 fervor
\nsavoir faire
\nour diatribes
\nheal & liberate lifelines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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