Of Pigeons, and People by Daniel Jakopovich

This timid exaltation of elemental matter,

this small bird, humble

relative of a vainglorious creed,

this voiceless pursuer of thermal impetus

fleeing the gnawing, insufferable vacuity of hunger,

the evader of cellular frigidity,

of suffering,

of fettered desire,

she craves her brothers Grakho,

her Gracchus Babeuf:

those who shall soar above the minds of men

unveiling the seed of satiety;

to convey, to the human race,

the radical equality of Pain.

Adamic legions, marching with dressaged callousness

against this lowly bird,

traverse, unknowingly,

the sorry Adrianople of their souls.

Author bio: 

Daniel Jakopovich is the founder and editor of the progressive political and cultural journal Novi Plamen. He is currently writing a doctorate in Sociology at the University of Cambridge, where he was a guest lecturer. He is active in the peace movement in the UK, and is a member of the Council of the International Peace Bureau.