we the fucking people

if you are reading this poem from far into the future
don’t let those who write the history books convince you
that this was a golden era of plenty

it was not

it absolutely is not

things are really really really bad right now

but don’t let them convince you that everyone was
dour
sad all the time
doing nothing
having no happiness

we find joy

it’s what keeps us going/living/fighting for the future
for you

the black and brown folks i know
the immigrants and citizens
the neurodivergent and disabled
and all my queer kin, we can find
happiness in even the bleakest of places

it’s what makes us so resilient

it’s what makes us all worth fighting for

even when we give up on
fighting for ourselves, we
continue on, fighting for
each other

and that, i believe, is one of the most beautiful things
about our community

[and what those in power
absolutely lack]

things are bad

no one has enough money to truly live

ice is terrorizing everyone
no matter immigration status

our rights are being stripped away
and we are absolutely aware of it

and

we dance in the streets
we find someone to hold at night
we feed our dogs and our cats
and our fish/birds/lizards/other animals
sometimes before we feed ourselves
we care for each other
and seem to continue passing around the
same twenty dollars
ad infinitum, but damn, that twenty dollars
can make a difference in someone’s week
and we play games
and we check in
and we let each other know when we’ve
gotten home safely
and we meet strangers whom we know
care about people
and we give our knowledge to them
we give our trust to them
because we know we cannot continue
without others
and others cannot continue
without us doing our part

it sucks
and it’s joyful
and we’re working so hard against
those who would take everything away
for a lackluster feeling of power and a hoard of
fake monetary wealth

but we are concentrating on each other and the joy right now

those who suck can continue to fuck up humanity in their little gated communities
and giant white houses

here is where the party is

and the party is
revolution

Full Economic Blackout.

[will it help?]

it will if We keep this up — end all excess spending
only buy what you need
and even then, try for small businesses —
search out companies you actually want to give your
hard-earned money to

it’s easier some places
and for some people
and much harder for others,
but even online, you can find
smaller companies
and alternates to the big guys —
see if a grocery store near you offers delivery,
for books, bookshop.org,
for audiobooks, libro.fm,
for gifts, try sellers on etsy
[bonus points if you find someone
and they have their own independent store]
use amazon as a search engine
and buy from elsewhere
[also, go ahead and fill up carts
just to abandon them, especially with things
you’d normally buy — huge purchases not bought
they chalk up to error/mistakes,
but smaller/normal-for-you sized carts
are counted
against
them]

so let’s do our best to fuck up the big guys
who are ruining the environment
and ruining employees’ lives
in the tiny ways We can
because enough small mosquitos can cause issues to giants

so let’s spend our money in places
We want our money spent,
and call/email/write/fax our representatives
when We can’t seem to crawl out from under this
humungous, oligarchical thumb

We
The Fucking
People

kipventures

or 'what happens if i capture a year entirely in poetry?'

we the fucking people

September 22, 2026

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