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The Price of Submission
This poem tries to explore the personal and societal consequences of living under a prospecitve dictatorship, where the truth is silenced, and freedom of the press is crushed. Through the fate of figures like Jim Acosta, the poem reflects on the heavy price of speaking out against tyranny and the loss of voice in a world where obedience reigns. A stark warning of what happens when dissent is erase...
Monday 3rd February 2025 9:24 am
The Censors' Gag!
In a world where words are measured, thoughts confined,
Where humour dares not tread on toes aligned,
We walk on eggshells, fearful, self-contained,
As though our speech itself was preordained.
Gone are the days when satire cut like steel,
When jest could probe and challenge what we feel.
Now cancel culture prowls with sharpened teeth,
Condemning those who wander far bene...
Monday 7th October 2024 2:35 pm
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