John Brown

John Brown, John Brown,

where are you now that we need you?

Bodies free, minds enslaved,

we need a spiritual terrorist.

A man so obsessed,

a man so blessed,

that the difficulties

of the job will not deter him.

chains of ignorance,

shackles of racism,

handcuffs of dogma,

need to be smashed.

We need one like

a patriarch of old.

One that is willing to march

on the Harpers Ferrys of the mind,

one willing to hide out

in the blue ridges of the brain,

and then swoop down,

freeing all the slaves in the

surrounding countryside,

one willing to confront his demons

and failings and like

a saint of old,

willing to give up his life gracefully.

To all interested parties

seeking this position,

apply within.