Egypt's
revolution
now
teeters
on the tip
of a
bayonet.
Mubarak
has been
routed.
The
scurrying
dictator
marched
out of office
by the trooping
shoes of justice.
Chased
away to
Sharm El Sheikh,
condemned to
a life of
counting
his stolen
billions,
reconciling
accounts,
conferring
with his
private
Swiss
Banker,
in the
stress free
swilling
cesspool
of a warm
jacuzzi.
Hosni's
former
deep
pocketed
bursars
Biden and
Cameron
don't waste
any time
to kick
the corpse
of old
Mubarak.
"We
applaud the
democratic
impulses
of the
Egyptian
people."
said Biden.
"We hope you
responsibly handle
your democratic
duties." added
Cameron;
neglecting
to mention
"We will
submit our
list of candidates
for Mubarak's
replacement
ASAP."
Even
Ban Ki-Moon
popped up
on the BBC
to deliver
a slap
to
Mubarak,
now
hiding
under
a kitchen
table at
his
modest
beach front
bungalow.
The Ruling
Military Council
issued a
statement
in appreciation
of Mubarak's
sacrifice,
graciously
leaving
his post
in service to
a peaceful
transition,
ceding
rule to
the justice
of his generals.
The statement
also commended
the sacrifice
of the martyrs
that fell in Tahrir
Square. "The
demands of the
people will be
met." The
generals vow.
Torturer-In-Chief
Suleiman
has also been
vanquished.
The fate of
his million man
apparatus
of repression
remains unclear.
We hope
for a raft of
pink slips;
but we
suspect
that ridding
a government
rife with
committed
fascists ain't
that easy.
There will be
no humiliation
for Mubarak
or his thugs.
Egyptians will
offer the despot
a courtesy
he never
extended
to his people.
The
Revolution
has fully
surrendered
Egypt
into the
custody
of a
posse
of Hosni's
homeboys,
now the
supreme
protectorate
of the nation.
The
constitution
suspended,
the old generals
now reviewing
other old generals
to determine
who will
wield
the state
scepter.
It will be
another
six months
till elections
they say,
it will take
some time to
author
a new
constitution.
"Be patient"
they advise,
as the
the generals
unravel
old scrolls of
dead pharaohs
for pointers
on how to rule.
Some
secular
militants
refuse to
retreat from
the square;
they fear
democratic
vistas may get
blindsided
by radical
Islamists
demanding
Sharia
Law.
Feminists,
Gay's
Libertarians
Socialists
liberal
republicans
getting
squeezed
by governing
militarists
and the easy
orthodoxy of
Muslim
Brotherhoods
is a pressing
dilemma.
Amidst the
tension of
competing
interests
and uncertain
pathways to
the future
the generals
get busy
managing
the state
of emergency.
They
raise
state
prayers
to
Allah
imploring
him to
uplift the
nation
from the
pedestrian
morass
of instability.
The good news
is that a clique
of generals
control
the industries
of the nation.
The offices
of government,
military
and industry
are now
seamlessly
one.
The problem
of democratic
inconvenience,
the messiness
of intrusive
red tape
is now
dispensed
with cool
administrative
facility.
Kinda
like a
capitalist
caliphate.
The
mullahs
of
commerce
running the
bakeries,
have long
been busy
baking
the bread
of tyrants,
dolling out
sparse loaves
to hungry
mouths
starving
for freedom.
The generals
must change
the recipe
or it risks
killing its
customers.
Egypt's
compradore
bourgeoisie
funded and
enriched
with
foreign aid
of bombs and
bullets will
fiercely
defend
its franchise.
The screaming
self will of Egypt's
state capitalism,
will assure that
the flowing profits
of American
bribes will keep
the peace
with Zion
sure.
On
Victory Day,
long flags
draped
the body of
Liberation Square.
We remember
the martyrs
who died
in the fight.
We renounce
any move
to derail
our fight
for freedom.
We troop on,
marching to
whistles,
whooping,
calling out
our just
demands.
We are
unsure
of our
next steps.
We are unsure
if the military
hears us.
The generals
have sent
the military
band
to play
the national
anthem.
Young soldiers
hand us flags
to wave.
We hear the
music, we
remain unsure
if they hear us.
A dictator is vanquished
but the dictatorship remains.
Long Live the Revolution!
You Tube Music Video:
Egyptian National Anthem
La Marsellaise
Oakland
2/28/11
jbm
(WIP)
from the collection Tahrir Square written during the Arab Spring Uprisings