like martin luther king

it was the biggest gathering of people the world had ever known, but there was no hysteria or shoving or disorganization and considering the sheer number of human beings, even the collective din of their voices was not really more than the white noise from a waterfall. what was about to happen was change, big change. everyone was serious this time and everyone was really there. no more armchair activism. we finally understood that if we really wanted to eradicate corruption, lies and leaders that you thought were one thing but were really something else, everyone had to get their asses out there and see to it personally. it was now or never and somehow everyone had finally reached the same conclusion at the same moment. medgar evers was making his way through the crowd and i heard him say to his wife, 'he's like king, he's like martin luther king. oh baby, it's too late for us, but now i wish i was young again...'. i looked over to the man at the podium. he was eloquent and spoke with strength and clear intent and in that way he reminded me of barack, but he really was one of us and he was not lying for wall street, the military, the current government or the corporations. i remember thinking, 'there are so many of us, why didn't we do this before?' at that moment, i felt myself caught up in a moving cluster of people. the expressions on their faces told me it was no accident. they were military dressed as civilian. i tried to call for help and wave my arms but someone yanked my hands down and soon i was swallowed up by the throng of large men that surrounded me. we moved up a hill to a speaker tower. all the members of the old government were there and they were all disguised as real people. they kept telling me to change it back- to stop it. i laughed and said, 'i think you have the wrong person- i don't have any power here.' i could tell they wanted to kill me out of frustration on the spot but were afraid for their own safety if they did.

i remember thinking that earlier i had glued two pieces of wood together in my shop and i probably shouldn't have done that because it wasn't the right solution for my project. i realized i would have to take them apart and start over when i got back there.