Books Burning
"These citizens united have bought authority and power and placed Liars at the heart of governance. They divide and devour Our people who cower afraid of their neighbors and countrymen All made worse by the Makars who write tragedies for the takers And Eulogies for those they have broken. They lament the worst That this land can offer and make kings of traitors and accomplices. So we are gathered here tonight to set the world alight and burn down The halls of books and paintings. Set fire to the Museums and Libraries. Let these flames be the last thing to read these words." Thus spoke Tiresias. The Socratic Society and Pathagoryns had gathered that evening In every town, near every hall of art and literature, they broke Into schools and every Library and pool of poetry Were purged by the flames of change. Everything that Once stood for Free Speech and the predicate good was Licked by the fire of a new order. They moved silently Through the streets, caught the paintings and poetry unaware As it burned in its own prison of walls and shelves.