[Critique Group 1] Leonard's piece for submission

[tuchyner5 at aol.com]

Thou Shalt Not Write

 

 

Want to squash a taboo topic,

put on the kibosh before it starts?

Forbid it as a writing plot?

Just label it political,

a word that stands for writing death,

with lethal thou shalt not bullets,

aimed at open-minded discourse,

we ought to be having, of course,

of those things that really matter --

such as good-old-boy sex abuse,

the fractious tale of global warming,

and peevish pleas for environment.

 

In a stroke of bloody genius,

a weaponized word was fashioned 

That sucked all legitimacy 

from needed worthwhile debates --

two evil Orwellian words.

 

When “PoliticalCorrectness”

is flung like a witch’s wicked curse,

all hopes of dialogue are lost.

The cry goes out with a sinful smear,

“Politically correct me, will you?

Shame, shame, and triple shame on you!”

 

Manuscripts melt like melting flowers,

inhaling these accusations.

When did this charge gain such power?

 
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