Free Speech

 
 

 

No words left to say

By the man on the scaffold

Birds chirping in the early dawn

“Free speech.  Free speech!  Free Speech!”

Sounds left hanging in the air

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You can say anything

Nowadays

But if you’re in the wrong country

The wrong town

Are the wrong race or religion

You may be

Pilloried

Branded

Strangled

Dissected

Stoned

Hung

Drawn

Quartered

You may find yourself

Just

In only valiant pieces

Distorted

In the press

 

 

©Christopher

 

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