THE LAVA OF MOLTEN HOPE

For the Oaxacan strikers and in memory
of those murdered in the struggle

Double the pesos of the thousands
of teachers of the children of Oaxaca,
and for URO a one-way ticket
out of the State
with his bags stuffed
with corruption, repression and blood.

The Mexico that's arriving,
that's knocking
on the door of tomorrow,
whose Viva! Has been appearing
once more on the lips
of peoples the world over---

this Mexico, of Oaxacan defiance
and Chiapas poetry armed
with justice and dignity
worthy of those who seed
the future in the minds and hearts
of Mexico's kids,

is the lava of molten hope
flowing to all who are
corporately imprisoned,
is the red paint of resistance
flung at the felonious
masters of greed.

---Jack Hirschman