“We Are the Scorpion in Your Jackboot” – Doug Rawlings, a poem from a March 21 action in Portland, Maine, targeting banks that invest in fossil fuels. Rawlings is editor of Peace & Planet News, published by Veterans For Peace.

“Corporate America
be forewarned:
We are your karma
We are your Orion
rising in the night sky
We are the scorpion
in your jackboot
Corporate America
be forewarned:
We will not buy
your bloody parades anymore
We refuse your worthless praise
We spit on
your war memorials
Corporate America
be forewarned:
We will not feed you
our bodies
our minds
our children
anymore
Corporate America
be forewarned:
If we have our way
(and we will)
the real war memorials
will rise
from your ashes”