Methodology of Protest
All we have are gestures for inarticulable silence
admit at times that fire is usually beautiful
with the requisite invocation place one on each eyelid hand or head
caution your neighbor only if sympathetic to the cause
walk with head lowered performing the ablative calisthenics
when exhausted return to the point of first contact
or frisson whichever is most conducive
wave your hands in the air as if you would do it for your health
it helps to dissuade the popular press
as if one had their hands tied while trying to do their business
an act most available to troglodytes woodsmen and self-described loners
if at the apogee of futility feel free to espouse random acts of violence
making love can become an art form
all the more so when performed in the street
as well as flower arranging or basket weaving
we are most fond of using our bodies well a practice the opposition detests
at no point should one become imitative of lesser flora and fauna
do not fall prey to feelings of overweening power or invincibility
such cravings will eventually pass
selection of a hooded garment lends menace and lessens culpability
Robert Detman