Positioning System

Wherever writers have defied
And criticized authority,

Wherever writers have suffered
Imprisonment, execution,

Wherever unlettered locals
Know the names and quote the verses

Of ancient, defiant writers,
Of recent, defiant writers,

Wherever verse has a good name
In the streets and public houses

While being reviled by the state
As unpatriotic poison

Fomented by degenerates
And decadent agitators,

Wherever hymns to beauty hide
Parables and allegories,

You can stick a pin in your map
To mark the country of poets.