Censored and Overruled

Copyright ©2011 Stephanie R Schubert

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Do as I say

Not as I do

Be kind to others

Follow the golden rule

All your life

You've been told how to behave

What is right and what is wrong

The friends you can have

And where you belong

But right now as you look at me

All rebellious and angry

Staring at me so defiantly

As if the sure will of your anger

Can falter me

I understand the arrogance

Of censorship

The reasons you rebel

Dammed if you don't

And even if you do

You're going to hell

You live in hell

There is no way to fight

the whole world

So do what you're told

Because even if you speak

You're overruled

You can't wear those pants

Or all that make-up

Or bring your dog

Even if he saves your life

We can't fix the school food

But you can't bring your own

Or express yourself

From here on out

You are banned

from expression

In the land of freedom

While conspiracy

to depopulate

And to segregate

so that big oil can win

And rule again

You will watch the environment die

All the time you are wondering why

We don't understand

your rebelliousness

Your anger

Or how you view the world

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It's ugly

Yet Kind

Yep the vision

of a teenage mind