[Newspoetry] Re: gag order

[Editor-Within-Chief]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/nyregion/22LOUI.html

>So Schwarz lied after all
>when he said he didn't do it
>
>but let us agree not to
>state the obvious:
>
>he did it.
>Motion to strike that
>sustained.
>
>Raggi tells us that perjury
>threatens justice's heart,
>
>then rules against discussing
>whether or not Schwarz did it,
>forbidding, in effect, both lying
>and telling the truth.
>
>I am Louima, therefore
>I am forbidden to write this poem.
>
>The blue wall of silence crumbles away
>to reveal another.
>
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>--
>Joe Futrelle
>Editor-within-chief
>http://www.newspoetry.com/


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Joe Futrelle
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http://www.newspoetry.com/