There’s lots of folks who want to secede,

From cultural books afraid they might read,

Teachers, Principals, and School Board Admin,

Have made bash’n books America’s new passion,

Censorship cuts are exceedingly deep,

Inadmissible books burned in fiery heaps,

Every day brings a news article caption,

It’s become a bonafide media attraction!

The whole dang thing ain’t noth’n but toxic,

As grownups lead with harebrained logic,

Books being banned in Hitlerite fashion,

Indoctrination thru “Big Brother” action,

It’s easier to ban books than it is God’s people,

While read’n Bibles neath HIS church steeple,

We ain’t got no one to blame but ourselves,

For the umpteen books now pulled from their shelves.

Won’t be long before books will be obsolete,

And education scribed merely for the elite,

Don’t y’all think we better stop!

Before literacy is one more thing that they steal?

Bookless shelves need their legislative repeal.

• Rick Knight

Henrico County