This autumn leave, I've been pondering over falling leaves & the state of our democracies, discovering poems like the one below.
Calling on All Silent Minorities
June Jordan (1936 –2002)
HEY
C’MON
COME OUT
WHEREVER YOU ARE
WE NEED TO HAVE THIS MEETING
AT THIS TREE
AIN’ EVEN BEEN
PLANTED
YET
3 months ago