Raging against the rest of us
she calls us feeble sheep
doltards, retards, connivers in
our own imprisonment
bitter enemies of freedom
Freedom being, apparently
the right to party
to go down the pub
drink yourself insensible
and to then post photos of your creative craziness
as you throw up in the gutter
My freedoms are different
yes, I long to see and hug
but I need more to stay alive
to walk in fresh air, to read, to think
in peace and in health
Freedom , as always, is mutable
Copyright © 2021 Kim Whysall-Hammond
The Cheesesellers Wife 
One man’s freedom can be another man’s heartache…
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Yes, indeed. Although it is her insulting messages on Facebook to those of us wary of Covid that are making me angry.
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Reblogged this on CRAIN'S COMMENTS and commented:
A poem for our times.
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Thanks for the reblog Vic!
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“All in the Family” or “All in Every Home”? Black sheep are actually pretty common and can appear at any age, although the stereotype is that they are younger adults. I’d rather they act out verbally than otherwise. We had another mass shooting in Norfolk, Virginia last night.
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Good grief, another? That’s terrible.
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Yep, we’re averaging one per day. I’m wondering if its a combination of mental issues from Covid and access to guns.
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After the shooting at Dunblane Primary School in 1996, we banned all handguns. Yes, we have knife killings in our inner cities— but not mass shootings. There was a national consensus on the ban — I can’t see that happening at n the USA sadly.
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Unfortunately, you’re right.
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I echo your sentiments
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:)
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There is freedom to and freedom from – often one person’s freedom to removes someone else’s freedom from. I have an American colleague who is often critical of Australia – including our rapid lockdowns due to COVID, and he’s even mentioned gun laws. It is hard to bite my tongue sometimes…
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Yes indeed, it can be difficult not to say something. This poem is possibly a passive aggressive way of pointing her out….. ;)
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