Freedom Pentameter for America

I hear it often said that soldiers die

for my right to speech and not to make rich

companies more money. So I posit

that I must get busy with my freedom

and express it at every chance I get.

For isn’t my duty to write poems

all night and day? However, there are some

who do not agree I should enjoy free

discourse, democracy, and civil rights.

Yet, the same people still express pro-war

sentiments and they angrily bemoan

the activist, archivist, and artist.

So, what’s the deal? Do we have freedom

or not for scribing in pentameter?

Confidential Ad Hoc Report of Higher Education Barrios.

We take no Prisoners, not even That.

Literature informs us, Philosophy

too, and our Social Science Data

has Confirmed it Qualitatively. We

ask ourselves, What’s Efficiency to Us

We are the University! We're Green

with Opportunities for Luster.

Libraries are Austere. Let’s Pretend

we’re Working, Hide Out in Here and Devise

a Way to Keep Them Down, Suppress Freedom

is the Easiest Way. We’re not too Hot

for Exertions, Unless...Can We Advance?

Yes, We Can!" Signed, Suppressors Ad Hoc

Committee Report on Higher Ed Barrios.