FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010
CL@SSIFIC@TIONISM
by Bill Costley
While you’re reading this
Somebody’s deciding whether
it’s filling empty minds with
stuff of the classifiable category
that oughtn’t be open to just
anybody reading this. Trilemma:
Open, Closed, Classified.
Classified’s a transient value
of sometimes no value @ all.
[Ex. Air is getting sorta scarce.]
Classified /not-quite classified?
Classified; lest panic ensue.
You can all breathe now. Closed.
Bill Costley has served on the Steering Committee of the San Francisco Bay area chapter of the National Writers Union. He lives in Santa Clara, CA.
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While you’re reading this
Somebody’s deciding whether
it’s filling empty minds with
stuff of the classifiable category
that oughtn’t be open to just
anybody reading this. Trilemma:
Open, Closed, Classified.
Classified’s a transient value
of sometimes no value @ all.
[Ex. Air is getting sorta scarce.]
Classified /not-quite classified?
Classified; lest panic ensue.
You can all breathe now. Closed.
Bill Costley has served on the Steering Committee of the San Francisco Bay area chapter of the National Writers Union. He lives in Santa Clara, CA.
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