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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{natural law}
  mark a. murphy



To utter is to alter. - Niyi Osundare

Reviled is the man that sits down with beggars
and dares to speak of freedom
whilst sharing his evening meal with whores.
Reviled is the man that seeks neither place or fortune,
nor pays heed unto the lives of the rich,
nor gives credence unto celebrity -
when all around the congregation are looking for alibis.

Reviled is the man that would rather die than surrender
his own speculative reason.


Oh we know the blood-letting must begin somewhere,
(speaking the truth is nowhere an inalienable right)
that Party neophyte and chauvinist hack
share the same bed, walk in the same shoes,
guardians of the historical taboo,
denouncing the rebellion, silencing the weary
for the good of the many, always for the good of the many.