Prison Chant
Marilyn Buck
Cassandra is on the phone
her screams bounce off walls
staccato chant
Jesusfathergod
Jesusfathergod
Maurice listen to me
Stop listen to me
listen
listen
you must be responsible
I'm not there
take care of your sister
help her
I don't care
she's young
you're grown
20 is grown
I'm sorry you must
be responsible
I'm not there
Let me talk to her
LISA LISA
Jesusfathergod
Stop
listen to me
listen to your brother
TIME OUT
what's going on
Stop STOP STOP
Jesusfathergod
I'm sorry
no the phone has cut me off
I need more time
please let me call again
I know you're next
please
please Jesusfathergod
I must call back
I'm going to call again
I know it's your turn
you have to wait
Maurice I'm sorry
I'm not there
what can I do
I know your brother's dead
yes I told
I had to
to come home
yes I'm still here
you're there
you're alive
you must be responsible
I'm not there
I'm still not there
jesusfathergod
jesusfathergod
Marilyn Buck is an Anti-Imperialist
political prisoner. She is imprisoned for her anti-imperialist actions carried
out in support of national liberation, women's liberation, social and economic
justice. In 1985 she was captured and and faced 4 separate
court trials. She was charged with conspiracy to support and free PP/POWs
and to support the New Afrikan Independence struggle through expropriations.
In 1988 she was indicted for conspiracy to protest and alter government policies
through use of violence against government and military buildings and received
an additional 10 years for conspiracy to bomb the Capitol. She is serving
a total of 80 years.
This poem is also read by devorah major,
third Poet Laureate of San Francisco, on Marilyn's poetry CD Wild Poppies , produced in 2004 by Freedom Archives and available from leftwingbooks.net - click here for more details.
