In the Gor series, citizenship within cylinder-city culture belongs to the city-state. In the modern Earth world, citizenship belongs to the nation-state with subordinate concurrent citizenship in the political subdivisions of the nation-state. Through the worldwide web, people of a Gorean nature from many nations come together in community and identify with each other. When the nation-states appear to be in some ways insane, and when they will not listen in any meaningful way, where does our citizenship express itself? Norman created a fantasy world through which to declare his patriotism to the human race. “Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world,” proclaimed Archimedes. Where, in this modern age, is our place to stand? Everyone’s answers will be unique to them. Below is a thought regarding a literary Digital Citizenship.

The power of the writen word as a complement to paint and photographic portraiture is the subject of She Posed Nude.

Censorship is the enemy in The Net is Cast Broadly.

Digital Citizenship
by Hersius

Perhaps I should join the Union
- venture some -
these United Incredible States,
make that my soulcry nation,
and stand tall with all
the good and bad that Uncle Sam creates,
since I have seemed content
- to some -
to be a malcontent resident
of Colorado - what a ridiculous place!
Here me now:
I am a citizen of cyberspace
and so, of the world,
and a resident of paper and pen
and chaotic whirlings of imagination.
I prefer the attire
of self-expressive courage.
I do not aspire
to the insanities of our age.

She Posed Nude
by Hersius

She posed nude for me
while I poemed her.
She embreastified perfection.
She was girlcurve beauty
in tender reflection,
texture and shadow and light
and right
there her expression
of timeless womanface.
I preserved in eternal ink
her ephemeral moment.

The Net is Cast Broadly
by Hersius

The net is lowered on the west coast.
The net is lowered on the east coast.
The net is trawled up and down the Central Time Zone.
The net is cast over the Rocky Mountains.
The net is cast over the southwest deserts.
The net is cast over the nation’s highways.
The net is cast broadly.
The net is cast over the taco shops.
The net is cast over the bedrooms.
The net is cast over the keyboards.
The net is cast over the people who stay here.
The net is cast over the poet next to you.
The net is cast over the this poem.
The net is cast broadly,
and you are the catch of the day.