Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The InterGossip is a Content Cop - poem

 

Lawrence Hall, HSG

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

The InterGossip is a Content Cop

 

Number Six: I have a choice?

Number Two: Of course. You can do as you want.

Number Six: As long as it's what you want.

Number Two: As long as it is what the majority wants.

 

-The Prisoner

 

The InterGossip is a content cop holding up her hand

Half in my face, half-way to a Fascist salute

Forbidding me to read or study any further

Without pledging loyalty to a community

 

The InterGossip is a content cop holding up her hand

 

If I want to keep reading, I must subscribe

The cost is access to my information…information…information

“You have read five of five free stories this month”

Which is their way of saying, “Your papers, comrade”

 

The InterGossip is a content cop holding up her hand

 

And if sometimes my words violate the standards

Of communities I never joined – white space

 

The InterGossip is a content cop holding up her hand

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