tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223407.post1012904522505594107..comments2008-06-02T09:20:44.306-07:00Flimsy Sanityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01129472544656256180prairie.blossom.books@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223407.post-46591672612580365042008-06-02T09:20:00.000-07:002008-06-02T09:20:00.000-07:00What can they do<BR/>to you? Whatever they want.<BR/>They can set you up, they can<BR/>bust you, they can break<BR/>your fingers, they can<BR/>burn your brain with electricity,<BR/>blur you with drugs till you<BR/>can’t walk, can’t remember, they can<BR/>take your child, wall up<BR/>your lover. They can do anything<BR/>you can’t stop them<BR/>from doing. How can you stop<BR/>them? Alone, you can fight,<BR/>you can refuse, you can<BR/>take what revenge you can<BR/>but they roll over you.<BR/><BR/>But two people fighting<BR/>back to back can cut through<BR/>a mob, a snake-dancing file<BR/>can break a cordon, an army<BR/>can meet an army.<BR/><BR/>Two people can keep each other<BR/>sane, can give support, conviction,<BR/>love, massage, hope, sex.<BR/>Three people are a delegation,<BR/>a committee, a wedge. With four<BR/>you can play bridge and start<BR/>an organization. With six<BR/>you can rent a whole house,<BR/>eat pie for dinner with no<BR/>seconds, and hold a fund raising party.<BR/>A dozen make a demonstration.<BR/>A hundred fill a hall.<BR/>A thousand have solidarity and your own newsletter;<BR/>ten thousand, power and your own paper;<BR/>a hundred thousand, your own media;<BR/>ten million, your own country.<BR/><BR/>It goes on one at a time,<BR/>it starts when you care<BR/>to act, it starts when you do<BR/>it again after they said no,<BR/>it starts when you say We<BR/>and know who you mean, and each<BR/>day you mean one more.<BR/><BR/>From The Moon Is Always Female, by Marge Piercy<BR/>Copyright (c) 1980 by Marge PiercyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com