An Ode To Censorship

December, 1990

Please, oh, please, oh, censor me,Please, someone, outlaw my poetry.I tried lyricism and profundity,But I got ignored complete-elly.I need a Senator, I need a judge,I'll take a governor. I don't need much.I just need someone to make me famousBy arresting me and calling me namous.I need a minister to write a big sermonSaying I'm Satan, worse than vermin.I need politicians to make their speechesSaying I'll corrupt their Georgia peaches,To claim I'm a threat to civilizationA malignant blemish on ou...

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