Poem: Pull The Tower

A magnet poem, September 2024

Poem: Pull The Tower

never would murmur battle
except against unholy machine culture

teeth
knife

land
life

tender stellar
pull the tower


by Nafisa F @__petni: "this is an abolitionist version of “the tower” tarot. I also just made a “sun” tarot that pairs w it. Inspired by the activists opposing the proposed mega jail towers in Chinatown as NYC preps to close Rikers, an inhuman institution where 85% of ppl jailed are simply WAITING for trial & have not yet been convicted. Cop City models are also being scaled up across the country, including one whose budget has already been approved in Queens, my hometown. This project costs $225m while our public libraries, parks & services that actually serve the community remain grossly underfunded. These are the priorities of our violent capitalist class, right? The people, organized, have to say no & imagine an abolitionist future."
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