So you forgive them, for they know not what they do?

The Harm They did— was short— And since
Myself— who bore it— do—
Forgive Them—

Are you going to personally miss the honor that was to have been paid to your work?

Deprived of other Banquet,
I entertain Myself—

I had the Glory— that will do—
An Honor, Thought can turn her to
When lesser Fames invite—

Does the irony amuse you— an event meant to celebrate the American Voice silenced it instead?

My friend attacks my friend!
Oh Battle picturesque!
Then I turn Soldier too,
And he turns Satirist!
How martial is this place!
Had I a mighty gun
I think I'd shoot the human race
And then to glory run!

(laughs) Good one. Now, let's talk about Laura Bush for a moment. A former librarian, and supposed champion of literature, giving in to censorship. What was she afraid of?

Danger! What is that to Her?
Better 'tis to fail— there—
Than debate— here—

But why stifle debate? Do you think perhaps Laura was being overprotective of her husband? Perhaps she thought the poets could undermine his... authority?

A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown—
Who ponders this tremendous scene—
This whole Experiment of Green—
As if it were his own!

So George Bush, bless his buffoonish heart, might do well to learn something from this ruckus. Such as whose White House is it, anyway! Incidentally, what do you think his legacy will be?

A Rat surrendered here
A brief career of Cheer
And Fraud and Fear.

If you could put yourself in Laura Bush's position for a moment -- wouldn't you have done the same for your husband?

A Counterfeit— a Plated Person—
I would not be—
Whatever strata of Iniquity
My Nature underlie—
Truth is good Health— and Safety, and the Sky.
How meagre, what an Exile— is a Lie,
And Vocal— when we die—

So your opinion of Laura must've suffered a blow?

It dropped so low— in my Regard—
I heard it hit the Ground—
And go to pieces on the Stones
At bottom of my Mind—

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