OUR PEOPLE’S PRAYER
our mother which art in america
(that we made and they raid!)
our father who art in africa
(¡down with frayed and apartheid!)
hollowed be your name & address—never to be expired
our kingdom come—and rest: time enough —we are tired
our will be done on earth
¡with hell behind it—and heaven like dirt!—
as it is in america
even if it brings more pain to our child’s—birth
and shall be in Africa and America…
we take us this day our daily spirit and mouldy bread
never forgiving nor forgetting our deathess
til we leave them dead
as they never forget nor forgive us/themselves for our fetters—
let’s put them dread
leading us straight into temptation and judgement
til we ourselves deliver us from evils of oppression and torment
:for our name’s sake
we shall putt the world at stake
for ours is the Kingdom—
with freedom
and the power of a people/and the glory of humanity
vanity
we are tower as a steeple /for ever & ever unto liberty
so be it
be it so—so ishall it be—
until we are free—
SAY when
in the name of abya yala & pachamama.