Occupy Poem from Tidal Magazine

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99%

by Najaya Royal

Age 14, Brooklyn, NY

 

What if the sky was yellow and the sun was blue?

What if money did not affect if you have a home the same time next year?

Impossible, right?

We are the 99% that are not rich

We are the 99% who do have to worry about bills getting paid each month

But are the 99% with a voice that can be heard all around the world

Even though we are frowned upon by the 1%

Though we are the reason that the 1% are rich

I mean who else lunch money would they steal and be able to get away with it

We are all against bullies

So it’s about time we stand up to the biggest bully of them all

We were born free

So why can’t we all live free?

Why cant we all be equal?

It is not a racial thing

It is more like a money thing

But when did green paper decide where and how should we live

When did green paper become a barrier and seperate mankind

This movement right here

Is going to change the world for the better

This movement will finally make us a whole

 

Tidal Magazine: Occupy Theory, Occupy Strategy,

Issue 1, December 2011

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