The List
In time, they'll have to make a list, a secret one, which names
The words which are no longer to be used. The terms will
Seem to cease to be, as voices dare not utter them, so ears
Will never hear them said. Only in the farthest, darkest corners
Will "racism" be intoned. "Liberty," and "genocide," and "choice "
Will only come in whispers. "Tyranny" and "oligarchy" won't
Be heard at all. Authorities will keep the list and use it to put
Malefactors into jails or onto planes, in chains, and flown
To unfamiliar lands.
Poetry by Lawrence Beck

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Written on 2025-04-15 at 17:16



