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Freedoms

Freedoms

1.
every dick with a click
every twat with a tweet
joins the speeding bandwagon
of righteous opinion
such a clamour of chatter and indignation
drowns out the slow truth of free expression

2.
but what of our laws? For example
those against incitement and hate crime
maybe not every God is created equal in the sight of Man



3.
cartoonists die
so as terrorists too
can express their
freedom of speech



4.
muslims and jews
in the middle east are old news
when there’s westerners of artistic bent, dead in the street








5.
freedom from and freedom to
choose your chains wisely
in drafting privacy and human rights
you may never know whose soul
will journey into that dark winter night


6.
is it as wrong to kill
even with words
as it seems with bullets
to be definitely so


7.
the free man does not face atrocity with fear
he plants a kiss on the lips of such pomposity





8.
even when the bell tolls
“all you need is love”
still rings true


(From my collection GREY SUN, DARK MOON (2015), out now!
Written by trevormaynard
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