Gerald Greene Poet Free verse

Censured

Polished scissors
no longer lay on dusty shelves,

but shine
in repression's light,

cutting, slashing, removing
words

of substance and action,
calling for change.

Good words,
having stood the test of time,

now violate 
an arbitrary community standard.

Principles,
having built societies,

are judged to be obsolete
and discarded--

to be removed
by polished scissors.

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Brandy Nicole May 3, 2019 at 9:59 PM There is so much truth curled around your words. Very sad indeed, how things change and are rearranged into something completely different. Change is good, but not everything needs changed. ~ Brandy Gerald Greene May 4, 2019 at 5:37 AM I'm surprised how it has not been censored by FB, Twitter or Instagram where I posted it yesterday.