Forgive me my words
If you find them abhorrent,
But they must be said:
We are expected
If we think ourselves poets
To be true to self...
Honest observance
To what goes on around us
Regardless the view
Should be put to pen
For our fellow citizens
To see as report
Of the times we live
Outside the realm of the news
For those that come next.
If you hate the works
That talk about what you hate,
Why not ignore them,
Instead of forcing
Poets to watch what they write.
Have we come to this?
Let angry voices
Write out their angry verses
And vent frustrations
And happy voices
Speak of flowers and the like
And read at your choice...
Our integrity
As poets and as readers
Demands nothing less.
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