APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!
Today, I honor a Revolutionary Sister.
A Political Activist, A Revolutionary Poet. An Author and Recording
Artist. A Revolutionary Educator. An Influential Professor. Sarah Webster Fabio taught Black
Studies at Merritt College and The University of California,
Berkeley. Many of her students were Black Panther Party members.
FREE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
SARAH WEBSTER FABIO
The pen
is a weapon;
it can discharge
volleys of
meaning
hurled toward
the bull's eye
of truth;
It can deafen
the ear with
the roar of
a people's voice
clamoring for
justice.
It can kill
lies emitted
in ink from
oppressor’s presses
making beasts
of holy men
justifying
their slaughters
Black people
righteous men
throw away
those water pistols
what we need
are stoners to
riddle America's
bastions of
bigotry
which have
kept the black
man back
the poor people
poor
the dispossessed
and isolated
estranged from
the mainstream of life.
The pen
has always
been a white
weapon; it
must be wrested
from the oppressor’s
hands by
black power.
It must blast
forth the fire
of black
consciousness,
creating new images
of our people,
by our people,
for our people;
the black panthers
are the holy men
of our time;
they are the
last practitioners
of the judeo-christian
ethic - all others
have turned their
priesthoods into a mafia
protecting not man
but status quo.
Free Huey
Free American justice
Free Leroi
Free creativity & art
Free Rap
Free free speech
Free Bobby
Free love, respect and power
Free Eldridge
Free our souls on ice
Free black panthers,
Free humanism
free black men
Free goodness & honor
Free Hue, now
and Free us all.
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