pick up the torch

had Julian been even a sparkle in his

mom’s eyes

when Ray put the pen to Fahrenheit 451,

one might have witness the light being

passed

straight from one hand to the next---

from Zamyatin to

Huxley & from Huxley to

Orwell & from Orwell to

Mr. Bradbury & from Mr. Bradbury to

Burgess, from Burgess to Atwood &

onward &

as one picks up the torch,

cranking the floodlights on the

dastardly deeds of the empire at hand

12 more flick on their lighters,

17 more strike matches &

light candles, whilst the flashlights,

the spotlights, the headlights,

the energy saving sunlight bulbs &

even the bug lights,

all spread like rampant wildfire

throughout the world,

continuing the tradition

(one of the few worth keeping)---

Julian & Wikileaks, Anonymous &

LulzSec,

should not be assaulted but instead

hailed for what they are doing,

as the work they are producing is

of immeasurable value to our species---

they all run with the flame burning bright &

though idiots across the board still

buy into the propaganda peddled by the

masters spending $5 billion a year in

the campaign to brainwash more of us

citizens into

numbness,

we who work in the light

unafraid of these attempts still failing

miserably on us,

raise our lights in unison

for one day this world will be lit

perpetually, and not the largest

industrial blower of any kind

promulgated by the powers that be,

will be able to extinguish it.