Curious Mind

Gatekeepers
by Henry B Stevens
7:51 AM 5/5/2004

"Did you ever meet a tenured activist?" -V. Ideo

The gatekeepers
are vunerable
though they pretend
to stay in control.

They and government
will team together
to hide or fake
the fact

The usual lies and cons
the threat of taxes
and permits
fading, fading away

Now endplays
appearing all over
the earth available
by the internet

Instant information
words and video
allow little people
to break out of line

Their ranks will
swell and the
gatekeepers
can go to hell.

This poem was in my head for a couple of weeks. I finally wrote it 5/5/2004.

On Sat May 8, 2004 10:33 GMT the BBC News World Edition with the headline
"US Powerless to halt Iraq net Images"

Mr Rumsfeld is quoted as saying "taking these unbelievable photographs and then passing them off, against the law, to the media, to our surprise."

Well, this is just what my poem was about. Hooray for the little people.....henry