Round up all the men because women have the right to walk freely without fear of rape.
Round up all the Muslims because Hindus have the right to walk freely without fear of terrorism.
Round up all the politicians because voters have the right to walk freely without fear of nonsense.
Round up all the mosquitoes because people have the right to walk freely without fear of malaria.
Round up all the religion-men because atheists have the right to walk freely without fear of preaching.
Round up all the clouds because I have the right to walk freely without fear of getting wet.
Round up all the men because women have the right to walk freely without fear of rape.
Round up all the pedestrians because drivers have the right to drive freely without fear of jaywalking.
Round up all the Bosnians because Serbs have the right to walk freely without fear of ... whatever Bosnians do.
Round up all the Serbs because Bosnians have the right to walk freely without fear of ... whatever Serbs do.
Round up all the wokes because we the good people have the right to walk freely without fear of getting woke.
Round up all the non-wokes because we the good people have the right to walk freely without fear of getting non-woke.
And while we're at it...
Round up all the poets because we the prosaic have the right to walk freely without fear of what might jolt our biases.
First published in Glomag August 2025 p 237-239
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