To the editor:
It's only paper and ink.
What power can it hold?
How can it influence the mind of man
And market items sold?
It's only paper and ink.
What can it help or harm?
How can it change the day ahead
With the news it may inform?
It's only paper and ink.
Nevertheless I have no doubt
It's an item that has come into people's lives
They refuse to live without.
It's only paper and ink.
Why is it wanted so?
Perhaps it's freedom of speech
And our desire to know.
RON FARROW
Cape Girardeau
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