for the people actually doing the occupy
                                         and for those for whom it's not too late.....

a spectre is haunting communism
the spectre of anarchism
calling communism to explain the
continued reason for it's raison d'etre

a spectre is haunting communism
the spectre of syndicalism
challenging communism's understanding
of the importance of party

a spectre is haunting communism
the spectre of roving rebel bands
mao's view of the black blocs of his time
the examining lens of occupy 2011

a spectre is haunting communism
the spectre of denial that there's
a capitalism and it's state and how
heroic acts of individualism
and the self- pulling out of our hair
in want of understanding when we
find out that our old lenses are
not up to usage  we wanted these
kids  we forgot that they'd bring
with them the socialism as well as
the baggage of their upbringing.

a spectre is haunting communism
the arrival of the new communism
awaiting the shaping both by the
young who shape the clay  and by
those of us who know at what
temperature to heat the kiln

berkeley ca, november 2011

gary hicks