2nd American Revolution will be televised

Subject: 2nd American Revolution will be televise
From: Barry Finn
Date: 04 Nov 08 - 02:27 AM

My thoughts on tomorrows revolutionary elections, congratulations to Obama, to you, to our country & to the world, we deserve it.



The 2nd American Revolution Will Be televised

Yes the 2nd American Revolution will be televised
Just not as suspected, it will not be violent
It will start with the dawn's early rising & will end after the rising of the Moon.
The last Poets will be courting Heron* & the Panthers will be wondering what took so long.
It will be over in a flash before it really even gets started
It will happen before your eyes & the lame duck will be forgotten but not forgiven
Hope will open its arms & its arms will cease to bare, there'll be no thunder from the throne only a calming wind at all our backs blowing in from the East to the West.
The long anticipated revolution will herald in tears of joy & help heel the wounds of wars lost & long forgotten, for maybe now soldier & student can lie down side by side
In the grave landscape of marbled stoned foundations
Maybe now the house divided can fall & ruin in anticipation of the long awaited proclamation & the sought after restoration of the North & South & with the East & West and the walls will coming tumbling down, not like in Berlin but in Bagdad & Jericho & along the Mason Dixon & the Mississippi & the Rockies
The 2nd revolution will come in like a lamb riding & march to the crest of a title wave & will take its sweet time going out past Geneva & Kato & Ginsberg will Howl.
The 2nd revolution will shift the burning sands of Africa's yearning shores & give AID to the shores of Tripoli & the Barbary Coast will be safe at last & pirates will no longer ring the bell on Wall Street as a warning shot.
The 2nd revolution will end the extreme renditioning of Cuba's shores for sure & there'll be no more waterboarding along the beach-heads, ocean fronts & sand-dunes.
This time the revolution will be intelligent & healthy & everything will be beautiful, in the morning & from the Halls of Harvard to the Hills of Walter Reed & health will care.
When the revolution starts reigning the only shelter from the storm will not be found in the hollowed streets of Corporate America, not in the out sourced off shored accounts of Habeas Corpus & rights of way it'll be found in the lost acts of the true Patriots and no flags will be flown or waving ambers of strange fruit rotting from trees
When the revolution is realized there'll be no government on horseback & no running down streets with pardon in hand for the World Court to ride rough shod over, there'll be no swift sword of judgment from a Supreme Court on High to echo a willing list to port of the "just-us" scales,
there'll be no gospel ship hoving into view, there'll just be nowhere to run
By the time the first shot of this revolution's heard the hearings will be forgotten & the climate will have changed, the smog will have lifted, man & animal will breath a sigh of relief & forget fear
Before the first shot's fired it'll be heard round the world & in that minute men everywhere & in Lexington will rest their arms back by their sides & sleep long knowing all is well with the world again & the sons & the daughters of the 1st revolution will weep knowing their father's will, will not be broken only tried & they will try those that disturbed the peace.
When this 2nd revolution is seen for what it is, it'll be ghosted by ghouls & good spirits alike but they won't have a say, they won't even preach or boo hoo, they will dwell in the well defined dwellings that spawned them & will be extremely & fanatically appeased at their appropriate chambers of churches & commerce.
By the time the 2nd American Revolution is over I pray my grandchildren's grandchildren are history, after all it was half a century in coming and a hundred years & four score & seven in the planting & pruning
Tomorrow the 2nd American Revolution will be televised, it'll come to you this time by air & net, not land or sea, this time it'll come to you in the dead of night & dawn of day not by Dawes or Revere riding & you will not be dead,
there'll be no signing or sighing, there will be singing, the bells will be breaking the day, sounding in the new deal, ringing in tone & time, bringing in an era of reason, reach, rhyme & rhythm. There will be no blackout or backout this time.

Barry Finn (copyright 10/3/08)

(*see Gil Scott Heron & "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised")

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televise
From: Barry Finn
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 02:29 AM

Maybe this should've been below the line????

Barry

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televise
From: GUEST,Neil D
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 02:07 PM

That's beautiful Barry. Once again, as has happened so often since
11P EDT last night, I'm on the brink of tears. When I first heard Gil
Scott Heron's masterpiece some 30+ years ago, I never would have dreamed to see this day. I do hope we really have come as far as this great victory would seem to indicate.

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televise
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 12:35 AM

I went to high school with Gil Scott Heron. No, I don't expect anyone to care very much one way or the other.

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televise
From: Amergin
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 01:49 AM

Well now that the election is over and the guy i supported won....now is the time for the violence.

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televise
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 10:01 AM

Revised for readablity, with Barry's o.k..

~ Becky in Tucson


The 2nd American Revolution Will Be Televised

Yes the 2nd American Revolution will be televised
Just not as suspected, it will not be violent
It will start with the dawn's early rising
& will end after the rising of the Moon.

The last Poets will be courting Heron*
& the Panthers will be wondering what took so long.
It will be over in a flash before it really even gets started
It will happen before your eyes
& the lame duck will be forgotten but not forgiven

Hope will open its arms
& its arms will cease to bear
there'll be no thunder from the throne
only a calming wind at all our backs
blowing in from the East to the West.

The long anticipated revolution will herald in tears of joy
& help heal the wounds of wars lost & long forgotten,
for maybe now soldier & student can lie down side by side
In the grave landscape of marbled stoned foundations

Maybe now the house divided can fall & ruin
in anticipation of the long awaited proclamation
& the sought after restoration of the North & South with the East & West
and the walls will coming tumbling down, not like in Berlin
but in Bagdad & Jericho & along the Mason Dixon & the Mississippi & the Rockies

The 2nd revolution will come in like a lamb riding
& march to the crest of a title wave
& will take its sweet time going out
past Geneva & Kato & Ginsberg will Howl.

The 2nd revolution will shift the burning sands of Africa's yearning shores
& give AID to the shores of Tripoli
& the Barbary Coast will be safe at last
& pirates will no longer ring the bell on Wall Street as a warning shot.

The 2nd revolution will end the extreme renditioning of Cuba's shores for sure
& there'll be no more waterboarding along the beach-heads, ocean fronts & sand-dunes.

This time the revolution will be intelligent & healthy
& everything will be beautiful in the morning
& from the Halls of Harvard to the Hills of Walter Reed
& health will care.

When the revolution starts reigning
the only shelter from the storm will not be found
in the hollowed streets of Corporate America,
not in the out sourced off shored accounts of Habeas Corpus & rights of way
it'll be found in the lost acts of the true Patriots
and no flags will be flown or waving ambers of strange fruit rotting from trees

When the revolution is realized
there'll be no government on horseback
& no running down streets with pardon in hand
for the World Court to ride rough shod over,
there'll be no swift sword of judgment from a Supreme Court on High
to echo a willing list to port of the "just-us" scales,
there'll be no gospel ship hoving into view,
there'll just be nowhere to run

By the time the first shot of this revolution's heard
the hearings will be forgotten
& the climate will have changed,
the smog will have lifted,
man & animal will breath a sigh of relief & forget fear

Before the first shot's fired it'll be heard round the world
& in that minute men everywhere & in Lexington
will rest their arms back by their sides & sleep long
knowing all is well with the world again
& the sons & the daughters of the 1st revolution
will weep knowing their father's will will not be broken
only tried & they will try those that disturbed the peace.

When this 2nd revolution is seen for what it is,
it'll be ghosted by ghouls & good spirits alike
but they won't have a say,
they won't even preach or boo hoo,
they will dwell in the well defined dwellings that spawned them
& will be extremely & fanatically appeased
at their appropriate chambers of churches & commerce.

By the time the 2nd American Revolution is over
I pray my grandchildren's grandchildren are history,
after all it was half a century in coming
and a hundred years & four score & seven in the planting & pruning

Tomorrow the 2nd American Revolution will be televised,
it'll come to you this time by air & net, not land or sea,
this time it'll come to you in the dead of night & dawn of day
not by Dawes or Revere riding & you will not be dead,
there'll be no signing or sighing, there will be singing,
the bells will be breaking the day,
sounding in the new deal,
ringing in tone & time,
bringing in an era of reason, reach, rhyme & rhythm.
There will be no blackout or backout this time.

Barry Finn (copyright 10/3/08)

(*see Gil Scott-Heron & "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised")

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televise
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 10:34 AM

That is beautiful, Barry. Thank you and thanks to Becky for reformatting it.

One of my thoughts, late on Tuesday night, was "the revolution my youngest daughter has always felt would happen in her early adulthood, is here and it is NOT violent; it is even more significant for its lack of bloodletting and I am so grateful for that."

kat

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televised
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 01:06 PM

But will it be telegraphed?

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televised
From: GUEST,Volgadon
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 01:30 PM

"Yes the 2nd American Revolution will be televised............"

Whatever.

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televised
From: bankley
Date: 07 Nov 08 - 06:28 AM

pay per view , along with 'Whitey on the moon'

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televised
From: Barry Finn
Date: 07 Nov 08 - 11:41 AM

Yes it was televised & it's still being broadcasted & IMHO it's a revolution, a new wave is hitting the shores of the US & the rest of the world is up for riding the wave with US. The heads of States around the globe have already had their say & it's very positive, what a perceptual change in international relations this could turn out to be, a 180 degree turn around.

Thanks Becky for working on the kinks


Barry

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televised
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 07 Nov 08 - 08:07 PM

Is not violent YET

And of course it remains to be seen whether it is truly a revolution

Subject: RE: 2nd American Revolution will be televised
From: Barry Finn
Date: 08 Nov 08 - 02:30 AM

You're right Richard. It'll only be a revolution if it succeeds

Barry