I was born a Red October

I WAS BORN A RED OCTOBER

I was born on the second of October

like Mahatma Gandhi, actor Benjie Paras

classmate Angelo Arvisu, singer Sting

chess grandmaster Jonathan Spillman

a Libra who fight for social change

a writer who write in progressive page

a proletarian poet in politics engage

that in exploitative system feel rage

an activist who read Marx, the sage

I was born a Red October

I was born when French painter, chess

player and writer Marcel Duchamp died

I was born when protesting students

were killed by government forces in what

was known as the Tlatelolco massacre

I was born to continue their struggle

and the struggle of the working class

that's why I am an Spartan activist

that's why I am an environmental advocate

that's why I am a human rights defender

that's why I am a proletarian writer and poet

that's why I am and will always be

a Red October

- gregoriovbituinjr.

10.02.2023