by Scott Christmas

Created on: June 20, 2008

four forgers,
two lunatics,
and a pornographic author.

from such are
revolutions
made.

the myths depict
noble frenchmen
storming the ramparts,
releasing hundreds of
beleaguered but noble prisoners.

but it wasn't like that.

it was better.

just seven prisoners
four forgers,
two lunatics,
and a pornographic author.

but their imprisonment
represented so much more
an oppressive regime,
wealth and power in the hands
of a select few,
oligarchical tyrants.

and now,
half a world away,
and two-hundred and fifteen years downstream,
this lunatic, pornographic author,
forging words and phrases
into beleaguered poetry,
wonders when the masses
will rise up
against the new tyrants,
and the new oppressors,
and the new regimes,
and free him from
his
corporate
bastille.

Learn more about this author, Scott Christmas.
Click here to send this author comments or questions.