SOPA

Possibly a slight exaggeration of the issue; regardless, this is a short piece denouncing the SOPA act that is currently being considered. It would increase internet censorship.

My fingers slip from key to key,

Deftly forming phrases and ideas,

Populating this empty expanse.

As my words spill from my fingers,

However,

They are immediately brushed over,

A black smear obscuring my opinions.

Pervasive and ubiquitous,

The censorship erases my thoughts

And hides my sentences.

I type ever faster,

But the oily expanse behind me

Merely lengthens,

A poignant reminder of that

Which has been undone.

The calloused hand of interference,

Fingernails filthy with self-importance,

Attempts to pull our words from our mouths.

Our pens lift from our paper,

No longer used to write,

But now to stab in retaliation.

The intrusive fingers will bleed,

Stymied by the aggrieved resistors.

Your veins will be filled with our ink,

Your nails covered in our etched protests.

Consonants with edges filed to razor points,

Vowels laced with clandestine toxins--

Our words, the same words that you

Wish to remove from us,

Will remain,

Rife with resistance. 

Reviews

[Skoo.]

Nice description of most people's feelings towards current affairs (:
If only you were more famous, this would be published in newspapers, and used as a resource for people looking back on these times in the future... Go get well known, I want my kids to study your work in English class.
Extremely well written (:

[Coyote Poetry]

Need a Thomas Jefferson and Madison today. Freedoms are be stolen by politicians scare for their jobs. Next election time to retire the career politicians and put real people who understand the need of the people. This is the USA. Where we can say things and speak without fear. Big Brother need to stay hidden. A outstanding poem.
Coyote