ANATOMY OF A FIRE

carnal heat and tindered flame
fill the air and call my name
agents of karma take the stage
anarchists evolving prefigurative ways

love and rage fuse in a digital array
a double helix carries our mutant dna
crafting a path towards this system’s doomsday
finding a path out of this sociopathic ideological maze

recruiting fresh disciples week by week
rejecting bourgeois order and arming the meek
dreaming while awake and scheming while asleep
we revolt against this order when we reclaim our city streets

a reinvented praxis evolves a language of praise
centering the communities our system imprisons and plagues
rising up to carve a gateway to heaven’s gate
reconstituting the dialectic imagined in Hegel’s day

light and dark or black and white
love is the spark my mind ignites
angels cruise in the alleys in the dead of night
my mind seeks a nirvana pregnant with deeply rooted insight

our flames are fired by cybernetic oxygen
living it up at night and living in sin
creating the social power we need to fight and win
allowing our tribe to evolve and begin once again

red and black flags dance to pyro-songs
our reincarnated prophets herald a classless dawn
organizing fierce resistance to this regime’s devil spawn
ruthless parasites clinging to power where they don’t belong

the anatomy of the fire we burn inside
fueled by fury and by desire
rebels rise by day dance with destiny by night
bringing to birth an army of jedi steeled in revolutionary pride

at night, while manic, i dream and i see
i explore secrets barely visible and hidden galaxies deep
i am imagining a sacred path away from satan’s keep
listening to uber-krunk house beats driving deep

i am swirling about entranced by manic zen
my mind churns hoping to evolve as this blood moon sets
this focus and euphoria are heaven sent
designed by a higher power rising from deep within

i pray to conjure the karmic opposite of nuclear destruction
i pray for patience as we build towards a penultimate revolution
with each breath we bring nearer a matrix of liberation
fueling dreams of perpetual resurrection with potent tribal libations

we conquer the ideological sewage churned up by this system
we fight to unite a global anticapitalist resistance
we speak truth to power and hone our power to listen
we conjure manic connections amidst so much cognitive dissonance

i dream of an atom of fire evolving into rock solid ice
i dream of finding true love in the dead of night
i rise to reverse the destruction unfolding in everyone’s sight
transforming theoretical disarray in search of our insurrection’s celestial light

a dangerous fool in power while the world burns
this isn’t the present human nature has earned
its time to rise and let subterranean powers surge
its time to usher in a spiritual and karmic rebirth

sound can travel faster than the speed of light
atoms recharge in my god’s infinite mind
the embers of this inferno fuse to prepare for a final cataclysmic fight
tonight’s the night for our batallions to rise and ride

fires burn in my eyes and in the distant stars
i foresee a day when we will find nascent life on mars
i aspire to burn the plantation and melt all of our prisons’ bars
i am jesus reborn in buddha’s perfected heart

i dance to stacatto rhythms as our bodies merge into one
i worship the moon and stars and summon the celestial power of the sun
i want to become a higher mind evolving until the will of destiny is done
i want to weave every language into an anthem fueled by pounding erotic drums

i am mohammed and shiva–i am hera and athena
i am a trans woman of color ruling the streets like a diva
i claim a place in the pantheon of rebels fired by fever
i fight so that the toxicity of this system will never be repeated

every organ in my body is hot and electrified
anti-zionist semites tear down the walls dismembering palestine
reclaiming the proud legacy that resisted one of history’s greatest crimes
from the warsaw ghetto rebellion rose a phoenix flying high
a fierce bird with the words “never again” brutally branded on its hide

revolutions, at their inception, are collective manic episodes
at first unconscious of all of the intersectional oppressions we must ultimately overthrow
i pour fuel into my fire inhaling nicotine and all its smoke
he flames transcribe my neurochemistry and shield me from the cold

our collective fire is contained by fragile glass waiting to give way and break
our species’ future lies in the balance and our collective sanity is at stake
our evolving minds are becoming conscious of their power to remold our fate
we are architects and artists conjuring manic visions to heal our pain…

its high time for our revolutionary arsenal to detonate
its time for anticapitalism to reign hegemonic in every organizing space
we must unleash our collective unconscious to conquer exploitation and uproot oppressive hate
we must build the karmic power to convene a global anarchist anti-state

Both images are of @MiamiLux_ on IG or Twitter

—BYPO PHOENIX c)2018