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Sunday, January 08, 2023

MATT GAETZ'S VERSION OF THE STATE OF NATURE

by William Aarnes

with apologies to John Locke 




Time to get back 
to that best of times  
 
when each man acted 
as his own magistrate, 
 
each with the right 
to keep his neighbors 
 
in their place.  Time 
to win back that freedom 
 
the so-called officials 
have taken away.  Time        
 
to bring government 
to an end.  Time 
 
to pledge allegiance 
to only ourselves. 


William Aarnes lives in New York.