revolt
as necessary as food
it is the riffraff
the slaves the freed
into poverty
who do
—Sarah Menefee
Gargoyles weep
Angels weep
Monsters weep
But politicians smile
— Maria Johnson
San Francisco poet Sarah Menefee is a long-time homeless rights activist. She is the Homeless Desk on the People’s Tribune Editorial Board. She is a founding member of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America, the Revolutionary Poets Brigade and 'First they came for the homeless'. Her latest collections of poetry are Human Star and CEMENT.
