Aug 14

We should legalize drugs, and make poetry illegal. The Mafia would have to make money by running speakeasy underground poetry slams, smuggling Faber & Faber books from Europe, and offering schoolkids a free stanza or two to get them hooked. Kids would all be writing poetry in order to be cool.

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One Response to “On prohibition”

  1. http://gareth-rees.livejournal.com/ Says:

    The UK appears to be in the lead in the global war on poetry.