Reality Check
- from the library of poetry
- brought to you by Gary Beck
- published in Issue VI: Dec ’07
Literally believing
in the constitutional rights
of life, liberty, the pursuit of ….,
is a violation of
intelligent observation,
as well as common sense.
Except to reactionaries,
liberty is eroding.
For honest citizens,
life is more dangerous.
When the Founding Fathers
wrote those noble words,
they may or may not
have believed them,
but they inspired
the insecure public.
In an age of limited vision
the internet allows
democratic expression
and every fool will have his say,
at least where it’s allowed
and we are more easily deceived
with an electronic illusion
that we are exercising freedom.
Two pennies please.