the donkeys bray and panic when bricks fly through bank windows. gobsmacked, the ***** ogle the trashed Starbucks and ask, "but...who will serve us cappuccinos?"
the elephants intone, "violence is never the answer" and neglect to add that's why they pilot remote-operated predator drones: you won't see those stomped in the elephants' stampede. their ***** wars are covert. peace cannot interrupt the cash-flow.
as pigs fit armor over bellies buttressed by doughnuts, they stare down the wolf pack—a bloc awash in black— and slap their sticks in primitive percussion shouting, "do not resist," punctuating the order with concussion grenades and tear gas.
the wolves howl back, "no cops, no KKK, no fascist USA!" equal parts bark and bite in the fight for humanity, solidarity with the least of these, laughing in the face of the State. each time the wolves show their teeth, the pigs shrink back and quiver in fear, while the wolves roar, "refugees are welcome here!" we will make racists afraid again. antifa, here to stay so long as there remain Nazis to punch in the face.
Last night, a decentralized coalition of antifascists, anti-capitalists, and anarchists shut down the speech of an alt-***** **** at UC Berkeley. Courageous students refused to sit by idle while hate speech was given a stage on their campus. I wrote this poem in solidarity with all those who took to the streets to resist fascism.