“๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ซ” Banned Books Week

 

My new poem will be published in October by Moonstone Arts Center “Banned Books”
 
“๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ซ”
“๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’; ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘.”
 
๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฆ:
Men in power desire a singular purpose
A unified path for all who serve
Questions are unwelcome
And observing how
The world has evolved
Or it still requires transformation
And is discouraged
The current powers
Aims to decide
Which narratives are preserved
And which voices are amplified
Strongman hands
Have always sought
To silence voices
To close minds tightly
To erase thoughts
They could not control
Truth is feared
More than any war.
They believe that if books vanish
The problems vanish
But they are wrong
 
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