revolutionary duty

you are supposed to put both heat and light
into each poem make each one a living sign
of what you are part human part divine
ancestry and heritage must be in all you write
you must repay the anger hate and spite
that have been given all along the line
must make your readers pay the complete fine
for all the things that have been done and said
for centuries by those who laughed and sneered
at all who went before and sought fresh life
and now that they're forgotten and quite dead
you must repay those who stood and jeered
by showing them the proper price of strife