A short fall in human
rights suggests a failure
in the harvest, perhaps
a missing plank
in the slide, and
some will go flying,
others hungry,
while you add
ridiculous
to describe
the call
for a boycott
of your literary
party by so-called
rights activists,
which I presume
to mean men
and women
who agitate on
behalf of humans;
their call certainly
draws unwanted
attention to murder
of journalists
so let me propose
that we make fun
of it by such
ridiculous
excesses
as burning
an effigy of a doll
named censorship
without addressing
the argument
of the boycott
which did not say
don’t go, just
be aware of where
you speak in deed.