Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Poetic Thought

thank you chidi.

if rushdie is attacked, we are all attacked.

i have no shortage of criticisms of rushdie's liberal positions; but, but, but, disagreement is one thing; shutting him down, killing him, is another.

ken

kenneth harrow

professor emeritus

dept of english

michigan state university

517 803-8839

harrow@msu.edu

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If a Rushdie is threatened

And we retreat

Into the sanctum of silence,

If a Rushdie is attacked

And our spirits submerge

Into the pool of procrastination,

If a Rushdie is killed

And we just shrug, 

A part of us dies,

Our most essential part 

Dies.

(C) Chidi Anthony Opara

#2022Poeticthought

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