Louis Bourgeois is a poet who lives in Oxford, Mississippi.


“Notes for the Revolution”
from The Local Voice #33: Download PDF

Creation entails at the very least an equal amount of destruction.

—Sartre

1. God and the Revolution are one.

2. The Revolution must be greater than the poetry that brought it about.

3. Have you ever dreamed of murdering God? This is a supreme thought of course; every revolution begins with this thought.

4. It is painful to overthrow our elders but no less necessary.

5. Beauty is the inception and destruction of every revolution.

6. If it can be overthrown, then it must be overthrown.

7. I am therefore I revolt.

8. First principle of the Revolution: to turn tears into blood.

9. I never knew a system I could like.

10. You must wake up every day and ask yourself, What have I done for the Revolution?


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