Razors, Breadknives
and Freedom of Expression
the trouble
with your modern razors
moaned brander

is a man can nowise
cut his thoat
with the damn things

little itty bitty blades
encased
in contraceptive plastic

is it then
replied mcguire
that you wish

to cut your throat?
if so i own
a very fine breadknife

sheffield steel
made in taiwan
guaranteed mothproof

cutting one's throat
with a breadknife
brander snarled

runs contrary
to the whole aesthetic
of throat cutting

it has to be
a straight razor
or jump off a cliff

aesthetics now is it?
said mild mcguire
that guinness gertie

is improving what passes
for your mind
and your vocabulary

but since i never shave
and am therefore
impartial

an unbiased
if hairy observer
i will say this

your tripartite razor
is a miracle
of modern technology
one blade
chops the enemy hairs
the second zaps

the passive resisters
while the third
helps your skin

rejuvenate itself
by removing
its upper layer

and still
retorted brander
i cannot

cut my throat
with one
it is a denial

of my basic freedom
to kill myself
by my chosen method

but if you could
mused mcguire
you would no longer

be able to drink
the aftershave
causing a crisis

in the industry
and that
would never do

a live brander
is a consumer
a dead brander

wormfood
with no further use
for steel or plastic

come let us share
a draught of old spice
and dedicate our lives

to the search
for the perfect
dental floss
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