Tag: fifth regiment

once and future plunderbund

trade laws enrich rich
commercial conspiracies menace from a twilight zone in nation-state
unreasonable campaign contributions corrupt
overissues of stocks and bonds suppress legitimate investment
favored banks exploit
wage earners rights regarded as restraints
special privilege interests absorb and waste natural resources
impure foods compromise health
imperialism experiments abandon values
special interests misuse delegated power usurp government
begin to begin to begin again

armory at sunrise
(the 1912 democratic convention was held at the fifth regiment armory on bolton and preston streets and adopted a progressive platform)

vast assemblage

in happy land
fortresses burn
schemes of bondage
storm
breaks rock in loud applause
peace and safety
find

armory to west at sunrise
(the fifth regiment armory on bolton and preston streets, built in 1901 and dedicated in 1903, hosted civic events and conventions, including the northeastern saengerbund shortly after its dedication)

common enemy

in a rain of flowers and cheers
our soldiers fire on people in the streets
between the buildings on the pavement
echo chamber roar
squeezes blood
out of eyes ears nose lungs
briefly faintly tinting the coastal waters
traces of anthropocene

mount royal station at sunrise
(in 1898 the massachusetts sixth, successor to the same regiment attacked by baltimore residents 37 years earlier, marched from the b&o’s recently opened mount royal station to camden station, cheered by citizens enthusiastic about the start of a war with spain)