Hope is a looted bank,

a bourse burned,

a palace in flames.

Hope is a

fleeing police officer

throwing his baton away,

a desperate politician

seeking a flight out

before the airports are closed.

Hope is a system destroyed,

a social hierarchy overturned,

all the pieces of capitalism

torn away and

thrown away.

Hope is a stone thrown,

a high street shop window smashed,

a graffiti sprayed -

the wailing sirens

as the flames spread

through the "better" neighbourhoods.

Hope is action

and action is hope,

the seeds of the future

and today's grave.

27.03.2013