A drought of ideas and famine of thought
Will try to censor words and silence speech;
Stealing the license by which freedom survives
It is however impossible to suppress the truth
A bountiful plain; feeds many a mouth
But a healthy vine; stripped of its fruit,
Soon adapts to the carnivorous laws of the jungle…

2008 ©TS

Ted Sheridan

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Chris Mendros (7/28/2008 12:08:00 PM)
Sounds more like a warning to me.
A very timely one.

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