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		<title>Sestina: of the Militant Vocabulary  &#8211; Karl Jay Shapiro</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first word you must know is relevant, The qualifier of experience. Relevant experience of the revolution, For instance, trains you to confront the pigs, The first defense line of the power structure, Which guards insidiously the Establishment. What we are after is the Establishment, Which acts as if we are not relevant And forces [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first word you must know is <em>relevant</em>,<br />
The qualifier of <em>experience</em>.<br />
Relevant experience of the <em>revolution</em>,<br />
For instance, trains you to confront the <em>pigs</em>,<br />
The first defense line of the <em>power structure</em>,<br />
Which guards insidiously the <em>Establishment</em>.</p>
<p>What we are after is the Establishment,<br />
Which acts as if we are not relevant<br />
And forces us to wreck the power structure.<br />
This confrontation is an experience<br />
Not only for the people but for the pigs<br />
Whom we&#8217;ll win over in the revolution.</p>
<p>When we make love we make the revolution,<br />
As war is made by the Establishment,<br />
For in our confrontation with the pigs<br />
We prove to them that they&#8217;re irrelevant<br />
And immaterial to the experience,<br />
Which in itself can wreck the power structure.</p>
<p>The military-industrial power structure,<br />
A major target of the revolution,<br />
Must also be a sexual experience.<br />
To expose the symbols of the Establishment<br />
Expose yourself&#8212;it&#8217;s highly relevant<br />
And absolutely petrifies the pigs.</p>
<p>In our utopia there will be no pigs<br />
And no remains of any power structure<br />
Except what we decide is relevant;<br />
And what is relevant but revolution?<br />
We spell the death of the Establishment,<br />
Which will probably welcome the experience.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, experience the experience;<br />
Demand, demand, and overwhelm the pigs<br />
Till we in fact are the Establishment<br />
And constitute a groovy power structure.<br />
Remember the slogan of the revolution:<br />
Now is forever; Now is relevant.</p>
<p>While pigs perpetuate the power structure,<br />
Baby, be relevant to the revolution<br />
Till we experience the Establishment.</p>
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