I tried to rent the movie
about the protest,
but the store didn’t have it.

In the film, the underdog wins.
That’s how you know
it’s a movie.

They are passing a law here
to keep people from sitting
on the sidewalk. Poverty

is still a crime in America
and I am looking more and more
criminal, by which I mean

broke, by which
I mean beautiful.
Holy. Revolution

is not pretty,
but it can be
beautiful, I’m told.

The protest was dull.
There was no tear gas
and there were no riot cops.

Nothing got broken
and nothing got gassed
and nothing got smashed.

There was no blood
and the world was not saved
so we went to the movies.

In the film,
people kissed
at the end.

The underdog won.
That’s how we knew
it was a movie,

a pretty lie.
Revolution
is not pretty

but I don’t care
about looks.
Set the dumpster

on fire. Break
the windows.
Don’t kiss me

like they do
in the movies.
Kiss me

like they do
on the emergency
broadcast news.