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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2000-12-10 08:51 PM


We apologize for the inconvenience of free speech;
we're doing what we can to change that.
God should only exist between the pages of a book
and our combined total of suffering.
It's blasphemous to think pleasure and joy
are god-given gifts to use wisely.
It makes people angry when I give no answers
to the questions I pose -- they despise me.
So fashion me for martyr nails,
make me a symbol of a piece of the truth.
Or blow me apart with the ired gun,
fired to remove what's beyond you.
I kneel here before you, good people assembled,
and cry only the realest tears of sorrow.
I'm going to learn how to censor my dreams.
I'll get back to you with them tomorrow.
If they're a little flat and boring, a little cliched,
then maybe I'll be a good person, too.
You see, having thoughts is one thing -- sharing them is another.
Ha. The joke's on you.




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inot2B
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1 posted 2000-12-10 08:59 PM


I may not always understand your poems, but I would rather read your uncensored dreams.
Free speech is for you as it should be. Keep writing!

bsquirrel
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2 posted 2000-12-10 09:04 PM


inot28,
Thank you. My, aren't we naive?   I'm glad you read, though.

Mike


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Janet Marie
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3 posted 2000-12-10 09:34 PM


well I read fast and some how managed to see all this before and after editing.  
all Im gonna say is ...

remember the words of Robert Plant ...

"you know your work matters and you are reaching someone(or a threat to)when you are censored or bootlegged"  

hey...he wrote Kashmir....hes gotta know what hes talking bout..   
smile Mikey ... enjoy your 15 mins of fame
although I know it wont be the only 15 you get.(and remember your in good company)


Some people find subtlety in strangers
if you find anything~let me in
Your eyes~you see everything
my eyes~I see it all together now~and I know

bsquirrel
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4 posted 2000-12-10 09:39 PM


Butterfly Slippers,
Does ANYONE know what Kashmir's about?  

Mike

serenity blaze
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5 posted 2000-12-10 09:41 PM


Mike? Hugs to you too...I thought your poem was brilliant.
SEA
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6 posted 2000-12-11 10:07 AM


Mike~ I came late I guess, I read the edited version........you know I love what you do....I hope you never stop.   -SEA
inot2B
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7 posted 2000-12-11 10:25 AM


"My, aren't we naive?"

I give up go ahead and explain it to me!

bsquirrel
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8 posted 2000-12-12 12:38 PM


S'en, thanks.

SEA, also thanks.  

i...2B, nah, it's nothing to do with how you read the poem. In fact, I'm glad you read it. It's what inspired this poem that made me quip "My, aren't you naive?" But I'm already sick of the story.  

Mike

Kethry
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9 posted 2000-12-13 08:11 PM


bsquirrel,
Bttt until I understand it. We could be here forever.
I hope this never happens
I'm going to learn how to censor my dreams.
Keth


Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant - Thoreau



bsquirrel
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10 posted 2000-12-14 12:29 PM


Kethry, it did happen. That's the point.

Mike

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