David X Novak
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Free Speech Is Like


Free speech is like
A game of squash:
You quash dissent,
And then, abash,

Pretend that you
Did never strike,
Pursuing them
So to relent

Their protests of
That which you do,
Since they can’t prove
Your stratagem.