Sunday October 30, 2011
Day 25
Weather 50 – 34
I will be posting these for each of the 55 days of Occupy Philly on Dilworth Plaza, from October 6, 2011 to November 30, the night of our eviction.
To view all posts to date, click: 55 Days of Occupy Philly.
Before we came here, under the columns of City Hall …
… Lenape people –
men watching
women
settling children for the night –
nothing brighter
than moonlight
the shower of sparks from cooking
fires
rain
of ashes
the earth turns – centuries
pass
with open palms – we catch them as they fall
return – returning
letting go
what was never ours to hold
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10/31/11 Day 26
11:42 PM
Monday
Weather 56 – 31 Fog
first night below freezing
Zombie Capitalism! Fake blood and tatters, march, City Hall to South Street—I cut off for home at 5th & South—up Passyunk.
Facilitated the 2:00 PM GA. Will I get Soc Sec tomorrow? Last month, deposit was made on the first—but not dated till the 3rd on bank statement (?)
So don’t know whether I’ll have money in the bank tomorrow or have to wait till Thursday
Tuesday November 1, 2011
Day 27
Weather: 59 – 42
Flocks of pigeons, starlings...
...over the plaza
voices rise
escape
the many shapes
our bodies take
our less than perfect
parts
patterns
in flight across the city square
converge, disperse
unite ... in fragile disarray
