To freely write or say
what may give offence
is finding one’s not free
or — was, at great expense.
Tuttuttery today
fits politics. The ones
who judged censoriously
in opposition once
when their party prevails
in power, discover why
solutions will entail
the problems they decry.
One set on sensibly
pricking ballooning notions
before they ride too high
flattens some fond illusions.
After the hullabaloo
what will be assessed?
Whose thinking will come through
as troublesome — at best?
Meaning no harm is nice since
it’s seeing no harm really.
Who cares? It provides licence
to speak out freely.