group of people walking

OCCUPY WALL STREET flared up in philadelphia over the fourth of july holiday, a few of the participants got arrested, and the rest of them, maybe a hundred or so, decided to walk from philly to new york, and to arrive on wall street itself on the one hundreth anniversary of the birth of woody guthrie.

so, as we speak, they must be on their way, somewhere on the sidewalk of interstate 95, making about ten miles a day. what they plan to do when they get to wall street is unknown; they might need to rest a spell, then perhaps have a good, long sit in, media welcome.

sometimes long, grass roots marches attract attention, and gain participants, as they proceed. napoleon's return from st. helena comes to mind, as does the bonus march of 1932. then too, lest we forget forrest gump...

if the universe were a more perfect place the occupy walk would attract millions of new people between philly and the big apple, and would arrive at the holland tunnel, or lincoln tunnel, or staten island ferry, or wherever, looking like a monstrously large army, or moving city.

the birthday of woody guthrie is july 14, which is also bastille day in france, roughly the equivalent of the american fourth of july.  maybe one million middle class protestors will tramp into downtown manhatten singing "this land is your land" before they dismantle corporate capitalism and economic inequality and replace it with.....what?...

ay, there's the rub. if we want to change the world, and believe me, we do, what do we want to change it into? maybe we'll get the answer on bastille day...

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