The low road a poem of hope and solidarity The low road, written in 1980 only five years after the viet nam war ended, is a journey of political redemption. It takes us from the very real threat of repression and assassination to the strength and power of collective action. It is an ode to the necessity of struggle, the imperative of movement building, to the never-ending pursuit of justice and liberation. By marge piercy What can they do To you? Whatever they want. They can set you up, they can Bust you, and they can break Your fingers, they can Burn your brain with electricity, Blur you with drugs till you Can't walk, can't remember, they can Take your child, wall up Your lover. They can do anything You can't stop them From doing. How can you stop Them? 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.