1 KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

By Uhuru B. Rowe

£ the late;great

suritten in memory ©
Maya Angelou

poet and activist,

August 4, 2015
1 know why the caged bird sings. It sings
because it is trapped in a life of hell, in-
side of a tiny cage, unable to move but a
few spaces in one direction or the other.

It sings becase it is alone, treated with
indifference, held captive in an unnatural
habitat against its will.

Tt sings out of pure desperation, hoping
that someone or something will hear its
cries for help and will come and liberate it

from its unjust, inhumane enslavement.

It sings while patiently waiting for its
captor to slipup, make a mistake, and leave
the cage door ajar...

Then it will escape, fly speedily away,
only briefly looking back to behold the
misery and torture of isolation and captivity
it was fortunate to leave behind.

It will fly to the land where its ancestors
dwelled in peace and security, and dance in
the fields where its distant cousins social-

ized freely while collectively foraging for
food.
It will warn them of the genocide, terror,
and horror that awaits them if they suffer tne
unfortunate fate of being captured for enter-
tainment, consumption, or capitalist profit,

So, do not be mistaken...
The caged bird is singing songs, not of

Joy or contentment, but of RAGE and
REVOLUTTON!

VRUTY is a 39-year-old New Afrikan prisoner
activist and writer who has been incarcerated
in the state of Virginia for over 20 years.
His other zines can be requested from Anthony
Rayson at P.0. Box 721, Homewood, IL 60430 or
by email at anthonyraysonGhotnail.com,

Send Uhuru some love and light at:

Uhuru B. Rowe #1131545
Buckingham Correctional Center
P.0. Box 430
Dilluyn, Virginia 23936

Or by email at JPay.com
AGAINST ALL ODDS:

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(A.K.A. Uhuru Baraka Rowe)

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