Robert Pettit Poet Rhyme

Lenny Bruce

You believed in free verbal expression.
However, the law harassed you with repression.
Your fans loved you.  You had quite a following.
What you said on stage and on records had them laughing.

Some of your words were an inappropriate quip.
You had to deal with drug addiction as well as censorship.
A perverted deviate they called you in your day.
The wrong things were said, and the law whisked you away.
Your life was the eventual high price you had to pay.
What you said back then seems like nothing today.

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Ilene Bauer December 22, 2011 at 8:11 AM it does seem amazing, doesn't it? i think that if lenny bruce could come back for one day, he'd be flabbergasted. it's too bad he was around when he was. nice write!

Darryl Davis December 22, 2011 at 4:59 AM "...It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine..." His name always brings R.E.M.'s classic song to mind. ;-)

Judy Ball December 22, 2011 at 4:18 AM We have to watch our words and make sure they are said in such a way that people cannot make out of them what we do not mean. People love to twist our words and often when repeated to us we don't recognize them. A fine tribute to someone you admired. God Bless my friend. Merry Christmas, JB

Dan Kearley December 21, 2011 at 11:41 PM The name sounds firmilure?I have a bad memory.I know I know him.I like the story,your going to have to send me a msg.Remind me of who he was. :-) Nice write!Thanks for all your comments also.They meen alot. :-) Robert Pettit December 22, 2011 at 1:26 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcTUux-3dew&feature=related