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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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Poetic Thought
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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