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Sticks &
Stones & Swastikas
“They’re just words,”
he asserts,
when I chide
him
for his heated
propaganda
(then he
reminds me
of a childish
chant
about feckless
talk and
broken bones)
“It’s not against the law”, (he contends)
“to hate ______,” (fill in the blank)
(choose as
many as apply)
“I’m a simple man,” he argues,
“but, even I can exercise
my First Amendment rights.”
(And while
that much,
at least, is
true)
still, I just
don’t see
why it requires
a college degree
to presage
where angry words
might lead
PSC /
2018-Nov
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