Monday, September 22, 2025

The Leaker Demands Informers - poem

  

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

Dispatches for the Colonial Office

 

The Leaker Demands Informers

 

Why do people inform on others—including neighbors, family members, co-workers, friends, lovers…in repressive societies?

 

-Informers: secrets, truths, and dignity | OUPblog

 

Franklin asked: what good shall I do today?

But the current regime demands that you betray -

Whom shall I report to the State today?

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