Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Banning Shakespeare? Besides Banobos, Humans are the most sexually oriented primate on the planet. Is it any wonder that our plays, films, novels, or poetry reflect this? We have a presidential candidate, also governor of Florida, Who, as governor, is now actually banning the high school study Of the complete works of William Shakespeare! A student will encounter a watered-down presentation of a play, Cleansed of anything that is 'racy or sexual'. (A reading of the complete works must be accomplished by the student hermself*.) This is to 'protect students, from anything untoward'. These are students, who, if following high school 21st century behavior, Are kissing, flirting, tempting, petting, masturbating, pleasing each other orally, Or, heaven forbid, actually indulging in copulation! This is not to mention all the 'dirty' novels and ubiquitous pornography. Who is protecting whom from what? By watering down or banning something from a young human, It guarantees that, without wise instruction, complete works will be incompetently read! *Non-sexist pronoun; Prof. Lenora Timm, 1966. Frank Maurer 8 August 2023 1925 Hours.