Alone, you can fight,

you can refuse, you can

take what revenge you can

but they roll over you. 

But two people fighting

back to back can cut through

a mob, a snake-dancing file

can break a cordon, an army

can meet an army. 

Two people can keep each other

sane, can give support, conviction,

love, massage, hope, sex.

Three people are a delegation,

a committee, a wedge.  With four,

you can play bridge and start

an organization.  With six

you can rent a whole house,

eat pie for dinner with no

seconds, and hold a fund raising party. 

A dozen make a demonstration.

A hundred fill a hall.

A thousand have solidarity and your own newsletter;

ten thousand, power and your own paper;

a hundred thousand, your own media;

ten million, your own country. 

It goes on one at a time,

it starts when you care

to act, it starts when you do

it again after they said no,

it starts when you say We

and know who you mean and

each day you mean one more.