Fragment From A Public Secret

By: Bob Kaufman

Rebels, what are rebels, here in the land of rebellion, this land that began with rebellion—are they those whose activities can objectively be absorbed or assimilated into pattering time, remember, it is not important, for in the end, the rebel is TIMELESS, and it is only in the passage of time that we can discern the rebel from the dissenter.

America, who are your rebels, what shores have they been cast upon?