as the hands round our necks grow tighter

in “the land of the free”
the producers of ideas &
the creators of word, image & music
act as if the compensation which they gain
in such ventures
should be greater than that of those who
work on cures for diseases
or protect their children at night
from violence & destruction---
what exactly these “artists” make their art for
gets overshadowed by the fact that
they gain profit for doing so
within the walls of the empire &
now they whine again
through an attempt to get the state to work
at censoring the whole of the people
with SOPA & PIPA.

the hands of the state grip slowly round the necks of
every single person who uses the internet &
as it begins to strangle us
it will not protect anyone,
but instead it will actually inhibit
true art from being produced,
as the obvious ability to make money of what one creates
will be the primary reason to do it at all---
this has been exemplified by the outcry of those
who think that it should be.

the internet itself
so beautiful in its ability to not be tamed or
harnessed by any one entity
is spawned from that part within those of us
who wish not to be controlled &
who wish to share amongst each other
anything & everything that we see fit
as it gives us pleasure
in the doing---
in that, we are all creators
we are all artists
we are all cultural producers &
an attempt by anyone to stifle that ability
is one that must be taken seriously
as a threat against our own potential for growth.