ABILITY to REASON, RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 25

Most likely to be published sometime in 2018, my 10th book currently entitled; 100 Proems & Poems on the ABILITY to REASON, RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. The following will probably be included upon further editing...

PROEM & POEM No. 25 - To Consent Is Unalienable

      Securing “certain rights unalienable” were among Thomas Jefferson’s critical points in 1776, justifying the remaining Declaration of Independence as intended for the British king and parliament. So well familiar of course and (too) often recited then, since and still, the coinage have long been an American mantra. However, as obvious and unequivocal the adjective “unalienable”, so the noun “rights” is spurious and unambiguous per the plural form. For if singular, the author would have articulated profound clarity on a matter misunderstood prior and unfortunately, still gravely misunderstood to this day.

      As stated in earlier proems, Alexandra Hamilton warned against a legal, constitutional list or bill of rights. Nouns like “list” or “bill” imply a plurality on their own merits, unmistakably so when prepositioned with other nouns like “rights”. Regrettably, Mr. Hamilton did not directly address the crux of the matter as the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, thus the lone manifestation of the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, correspondingly nor did Mr. Jefferson. Instead, the latter referred to the vague “unalienable Rights; among these are Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness”, while the former critiqued solely the political, documental formalities of such arbitrary contrivances.

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Weep under the willows, wallow beneath the poplars

Harps on branches bent, robes rent and cast upon waters

Wheat fields coercively let, lords crazed per the scent

Envying the laborers’ sweat, as the covet guilts consent

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

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