Wow!! Hope you enjoy them. I got the book “Come & See” — where you can find this poem— off my shelves now.

whole poem:

“Out of It

During re-education you can't learn.

Fear of the fist

produces self-censorship.

Thought wavers.

You fear ideas.

The ferry lets out a yelp and you jump.

Your hands are numb and nonfunctional.

They cover your lips unable to utter a syllable.

What have you learned?

The nurse in blue

loosens your wristwatch to let the blood flow.

Up you jump and run

when an angry man comes in. This is a house of true learning.

You must, you must avoid that fist!”

~Fanny Howe