Self-Censor Poem - Contribution Made at the February 2008 College Art Association Annual Conference, Dallas, TX

The following story of self-censorship was submitted anonymously on 1/27/2009

EXPOSURE
BEHIND |BEFORE
SCREEN SPACE
IDENTITY
IS
WHO IS
WOULD I KNOW IF I HAD
BEEN CENSORED | CENSORED
IF I DID NOT HAVE A PLACE
OR POSITION OR A VALUE
FOR THE I
I – EYE
DON’T STOP
FLOW FLUX REST
TOO MUCH DATA
FUNCTIONS AS
INFORMATION
AS INTERPRETED TIME
LANGUAGE SHIFTS
TO INCLUDE
WHAT IT NEEDS
EVERYONE
IS A PART OF THE STORY
THERE WAS NEVER
PRIVATE SPACE
EVEN BEFORE
HOMELAND SECURITY
SIMPLY UNOBSERVED