Hurry up and away!
They'll tell your story how they want to tell it.
The algorithm
of the sun and moon.
Where the planets were when I first saw you.
I knew invisible was visible now
and then you told me...
the words were
swirling 'round like yellow leaves.
I saw divisions
of labor. The cultures...
Beware!
Your kind's not welcome here.
Magnify the feeling.
In a matter of seconds
I had circumnavigated the globe.
The web of awareness bore down and through me.
Other choices stood out with those of migration.
I too had crossed borders yearning for security, warmth, comfort, anything where I was
not running for my life. Suppressing my very being.
Restricted by man
and the whims of manhood magnified by their fractal bigotry enacted by fear, ignorance, comfort ,
and the privilege of being...
credits
from Encrypted & Vulnerable,
released June 5, 2020
Written by: Saul Williams, Gonjasufi Featuring: Lippie
supported by 20 fans who also own “Magnify The Feeling”
Listening to this a few years on, Chapter 319 feels almost melancholic, a reminder of the time where police abolition had nearly mainstream appeal. The tracks still make me furious at the bullshit cops continue to get away with. dninemfive