{"product_id":"poems-for-rebels-9780645022100","title":"Poems For Rebels","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelect poems from the work of journalist, analyst and digital street philosopher Caitlin Johnstone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShow Me An Old Rebel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo not show me a young rebel, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhose eyes are bright\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand whose tail is bushy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung rebels are fine and good, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut they are merely doing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat the young are meant to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShow me an old rebel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne who keeps punching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen his hands are arthritic, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen her hair is white, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen his friends are all dead, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen her knees are shot, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen it hurts him to pee, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen her shoulders are so bad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat it would be much easier to punch down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan to punch up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShow me an old rebel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho keeps standing up after being knocked down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eover and over again, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyear after year, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecade after decade, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho after the thousandth blow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emerely spits out a tooth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand says \"Son, you have no idea what you're dealing with, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edo you?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you a young rebel?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you Sticking It to The Man?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you upsetting the gray brainiacs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand knocking over their word castles?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYouth will youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut show me a young rebel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho became an old rebel, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho stuck with it through the setbacks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the beatings and betrayals, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho watched the hippies become yuppies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the protesters become pundits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand still kept a fire lit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eamid the monsoons of infiltration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the hurricanes of heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho will close their tired eyes for a final time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithout ever once having cast them to the ground\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor peered up in imploring subordination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat, my friends, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat is a true spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are still a fiery rebel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeven as everything is ripped away from you, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI will be humbled and awed by you, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecause I will know that you will carry that with you to the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I will know that whatever you find on the other side\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill be met\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith that same defiant glare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I will sing your song when you are gon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caitlin Johnstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50379206951186,"sku":"9780645022100","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a95194e5-2f5e-48e4-801b-2a3782db6581.jpg?v=1728658157","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poems-for-rebels-9780645022100","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}