Stewart Acuff as I am sure many know has been a labor and civil rights activist for a very long time, working with people at all levels.  He is also a fine poet The poem below reminded me of Woody Guthrie, but it is more than memory.  It fits today

Norman Markowitz

From: Stewart Acuff <

Was it that long ago

That I put my pack on my back

Walkin to the highway some new seeds to sow

Or gettin in that over the road truck , nothin but a sack

With all my shit or what little shit I had

Road dog, ridin from jump, bad

Bout movin on wherever, the next campaign

Or the next town wherever the road went

Always felt I was sent

Good thing bout bein a road dog

Nothin to hold you back

When you say you're comin, nothin to hold you back.