(left-to-right: Hassan; Rep. Adam Schiff; and S.A. Griffin at the Netflix picket, Wilton & Sunset.)
This Actor Kills Fascists
This machine kills fascists – on Woody Guthrie’s guitar
as actors and writers
we are the dream language of
popcorn and celluloid lions
the philosophy of light and sound
and their flickering byproduct
a creative disagreement in action
as spectacle on full view
we stand before A.I.
the new wheel
a Promethean spark
the bright edge of a
blistering sunrise
the evil it is
that it can be
we are
for too long we have been divided
by fantasies of an Easy Street
allowing the power brokers and their elected messengers
to wage war on humanity
and now it is time for us to
wage war for humanity
pain is human
and these human machines that
make machines human
must feel our pain
if in our action
we do not inflict substantial pain
our pain will be that much greater
the feral creatures of our creative existence
our collective suspension of disbelief
is what is at stake here
as curious children
doubt follows belief
but first
we must
believe
– S.A. Griffin
July 14, 2023
The First Day of the SAG-AFTRA Strike with WGA
Woody Guthrie’s birthday
About Bill Mohr