habeas corpus
gabriel duncan

i'm going to reach old age
inside a cage
i'll be held without bail
held with contempt
held for years
for change

because a good deed
never goes without notice
and revolutionaries
are imprisoned without fail

change never yet met pacificism
only apathy and exploitation
change never yet met welcome
just indecision and sublimation

humanity is a dying notion
and we may very well be
its last prisoners