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Watching
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"But they remind me to watch what I say / That liberty has limits as I see / That freedom is no longer free today"


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Watching

I never felt this patriotic till
These patriots took my country from me
I fear that they will never give it back

I know now what I lost I feel the chill
Of emptiness where my home used to be
They stole its heart and broke it in Iraq

And if I try to talk to them they yell
They tell me to shut up and go to hell
(When they speak of hell I wonder if I
Am already there now before I die)

They say that only they know what is best
And for me to just stick to poetry
Just write my books and they will do the rest

But they remind me to watch what I say
That liberty has limits as I see
That freedom is no longer free today

Then they remind me: they are watching me

+Steven Curtis Lance



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Reviewed by Sara Coslett
Reviewed on September 24, 2005
Just piss on their leg. That will make them run back screaming to mommy for a cleansing. (Sorry for being so crude.)

Don't let anyone try to bluff you into being one of them. This is a free country. Say what you please, how you please and as frequently as you please. Life is afterall about your pleasure...as long as you do no harm. Now if only others believed that motto! ~ Sara

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on September 24, 2005
Eeeerie scary eye....lol!!

What more can this girl say.....politics....not my fortê!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on September 23, 2005
Needs no review from me, this potent write speaks for itself. Well said old friend.

Felix

Reviewed on September 23, 2005
Powerful and Awesomely Stated in this Poem Steve-- Always say what you mean- and BE who YOU are~! WArmly and Sweetly,Sheee


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