<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=584153" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Words of a Freeman</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let the poetry of others repose in majestic halls: <br>My poems are filler for paper shredders, <br>For packing in shipping boxes, <br>And backing for flypaper sticky strips; <br>To wipe the muddy soles of shoes<br>That have seen too much of springtime<br>In the garden.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Others poetry fills the airwaves, and sits between the covers of books; <br>My poetry is for grocery lists, <br>And sudden messages you need to scribble while on the telephone, <br>And maps to undiscovered geneological treasures<br>That are only a township away-<br>To trace the faces of cool tombstones<br>Under a mid-day sun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You won't find my poetry near any other kind of list<br>That doesn't say get bleach, dog food, and toilet paper.<br>Still, my poetry is from a well lettered life-<br>I have written all my heartbeats, and most of my sighs<br>Into sibylline hieroglyphics, from midnight initiations<br>In the secret brotherhood, of my own soul: <br>And I will die a freeman, because nobody<br>Will ever feel the need to own any of these words.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Patti+Masterman">Patti Masterman</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=584153" data-title="Words of a Freeman de Patti Masterman" data-description="Let the poetry of others repose in majestic halls: My poems are filler for paper shredders, For packing in shipping boxes, And backing for flypaper sticky strips; To wipe the muddy soles of shoes That have seen too much of springtime In the ga..."></div> </div> </div>

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