Song Weaver - Rafael Jesús González

[Larry Robinson]

Song Weaver

                         for Ronnie Gilbert


                      "Good night, Irene,"
                    she sang, "Good night, Irene,
                        I'll see you in my dreams."
                        & with her pals
                        belted out other songs
                  wishing for a hammer
                    enough to scare a paranoid
                      government to black-list them.
                  Fear was not one of her fears - 
                        her sense of outrage at injustice
                        was too great - & also was her hope.
                        When she came on stage 
                there was no doubt who filled it
                        & her voice was strong for those
                        who had none. When she was born,
                        they say, she was put into a red diaper;
                        perhaps it was that she turned into a flag
                      to frighten the bulls that shat
                upon the tatters of what
                        they called "our democracy."
                    She was not to be taken in
                      by "Freedom Acts" that tainted
                        not a bit her unfettered laughter;
                        she was too big for that as was her heart.

                      So Long, dear friend, it's been good
                    to know yuh & I know when you get
                       to that other place you'll teach the angels
                     some songs worth their singing.


                                - Rafael Jesús González
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