'Gagged' by Jay Cool

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Crunched.
Scrunched tight.
Squeezed, stitched, clipped.

No more leakage from the seams, or fluffy bits to sever.
No wasted breath on dandelions, just make a mark here thither.
Creative thoughts must stay contained.
Sealed up and stuffed - in short,
de-brained!

He retches, gags, spills o  v  e  r …

STANDS.


Copyright owned by Jay Cool, June 2018


'Inspired' by https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/house-commons-gagging-clauses-non-disclosure-agreements-parliament-bullying-a8410956.html

This poem has also been published by 'Dissident Voice' https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/06/gagged/