Banned Book Week

Banned Book Week

We ban a book and hope to keep

A child in innocence.

But such a strategy, of course,

Is simply lacking sense.

For innocence cannot remain,

No matter what we try,

And growing children recognize

A literary lie.

So when we ban or burn or try

Maneuvers of this kind,

We just adopt another way

To stunt a growing mind. 

1. Dumb …

The sexy robot stared so sexily

That soon I thought, “Could this be right for me?”

2. … and Dumber

Ralph went shopping with dear Roe, and

Did what he'd been well taught:

Kept his mouth completely shut, and

Smiled at all that Roe bought.

[robot = 1a: a machine that looks and acts like a human being  b: an efficient but insensitive person  2: a device that automatically performs repetitive tasks]

Shakespeare Couplet:  Romeo and Juliet (1)

"A pair of star-cross’d lovers”—we begin

This contest which young lovers fail to win. (Prologue)