Blocking

The Tragic Week of 1909, Catalonia, Spain.

Grace Frideger
Spain and its working class stand up.
One side uniformd, other tattered.
Barcelona wants more power.
National pride pushed their limit.
Tensions mounted high between forces.
I, the barricade, stand blocking.
Past troops sent to Rif, un-blocking
fight. Catalonia fires up.
Working class rallies angry forces,
though slightly disheveled, tattered.
Military paired with church have no limit
to their indisputable power.
Protesters seize the streets power.
I, the barricade, rest, blocking
the shots, not every one. Limit
some loses. The Tragic Week heats up.
Bodies start to hit me, tattered.
Working Class targets more forces.
Anticlerical, anti war, forceful
strike occurs. Sides want power,
Control over Catalonia tattered
Set to regain control, blocking
working class from keeping up.
The Tragic Week pushes Spains limit.
Government determined to limit
protesters with bigger forces.
The bloody body count goes up.
Workers desperate to make power
play, fire to the churches, blocking
the streets with a building, tattered
The barricade burnt and tattered,
saw what happens when the limit
is pushed too far. Blocking
the hierarchy with small forces
will result in loss of power.

Spain tells the troops when to go up.

Country is tattered. Big forces
limit distribution of power.
Barricade blocking standing up.