“SONG OF THE THIRD WORLD BIRDS“
A cock cried out in my sleep
somewhere in Middle America
to awake the Middle Mind
of America
And the cock cried out
to awake me to see
a sea of birds
flying over me
across America
And there were birds of every color
black birds & brown birds
& yellow birds & red birds
from the lands of every
liberation movement
And all these birds circled the earth
and flew over every great nation
and over fortress America
with its great eagle
and its thunderbolts
And all the birds cried out with one voice
the voice of those who have no voice
the voice of the invisibles of the world
the voice of the dispossessed of the world
the fellaheen peoples of earth
And which side are you on
sang the birds
Oh which side are you on
in the Third World War
the war against the Third World?
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