Unshackle My Verse

I watched the CNN report As the ruling came down from the court I was shocked at what I saw Poetry, was now against the law! I joined other poets in the street As protests marches we did incite This terrible law we must defeat We had to stand up for our "writes" The protest marches took a turn for the worse As we began to spill our ink Upon the walls we wrote our verse And ended up in the clink After we got out of jail We started planning our appeal We were sure we'd prevail Our will was clad in steel Our appeal went to the highest court And we awaited the ruling Our case had the people's support They knew we weren't fooling I watched the CNN report As the ruling came from the highest court The original ruling they did reverse They had unshackled the poetic verse! ..».. Contest Name: Unshackle My Verse Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues 3/26/17