Areopagitica

by Slow Dakota

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Written and performed by Slow Dakota (PJ Sauerteig)
Mixing, Production, and Additional Instruments by Sahil Ansari
Mastered by Greg Calbi
Female Vocals and Whistling by Jaq King

The title, "Areopagitica", is lifted from John Milton's 1644 essay on the importance of a free press, and the dangers of government censorship.

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One day in ninth grade
At Lutheran school
The call came down
For us to remove

All the books by
atheist authors

We checked our lockers
Our science rooms
As trash bins filled up
In the library

All the books by
Muslim authors

And like a Jesus
In the marketplace
My English teacher
Burst in red-faced

He tried to stop us
He screamed and begged
He tried to turn us all
From our mistake

He grabbed a bust of John Milton’s head
He threw it crashing down on pavement
All the books by
Gay, black authors

He lost his job and retirement
But I think I get now what he really meant
All the books by
Fluid authors

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released November 13, 2017

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