Poetic News, Monday October 7 2019
We consider whether or not machines or climate change pose a bigger threat to working class African Americans.
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1 min readOct 7, 2019
Tax the rich.
Feed the poor.
A green Robin Hood contraption
as old as capitalism.
We’ve heard it all before,
except this time, the planet
burns in raging theatre
— an extinction rebellion in red.
Between the lines,
automation. Machines took our
jerbs, said African Americans.
A bottomline both red and black.