He shouted out, “We are at war.”
Dim-witted followers lock-stepped followed.
The Bill of Rights he effectively tore.
Unthinking masses everything swallowed.
Dim-witted followers lock-stepped followed.
Talking heads with brainless patters
Unthinking masses everything swallowed,
If we are safe nothing else matters.
Talking heads with brainless patters
“Round them up if they look dark.”
If we are safe nothing else matters.
Biting dogs don’t always bark.
“Round them up if they look dark,
Don’t give them the law’s protection.”
Biting dogs don’t always bark.
All they want is liberty rejection.
“They that can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Ben Franklin, 1759
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The Malibu Times introduces a new format for page B3 to be published every two weeks. This page includes our regularly published crossword puzzle, an astrology forecast by staff writer Cortney Litwin, as well as an orignal poem that is submitted by readers of the Times. The crossword puzzle will run on its regular page, B4, on the alternating weeks.
Readers are invited to submit poems no longer than 150 words in length. Submissions will be edited for spelling and punctuation only. Please submit entries to: The Malibu Times, 3864 Las Flores Canyon Rd., Malibu, CA 90265, or by e-mail to:malibunews@malibutimes.com.