Poem: Great Britain 2008


squeeze me
watch me
control my every move

monitor me closely
punish me
make me bleed

treat me like a terrorist
preach to me
persuade me of my sins

turn on the cameras
tell me what’s right
but being poor I have no rights

track me
sack me
modify me

force me not to smoke
or drink
use laws instead to make me choke

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Friday, June 20th, 2008

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Poem: Music Pirate


Where is the get out of jail free card
for the poor kid trapped on the wire,
caught downloading music illegally?

He has no right to listen to Madonna.
He has no right to listen to Coldplay.
He has no right to listen, or to sing.

He can hang, or kill, and be put away.

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

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