Eric Paul Shaffer’s FREE SPEECH includes two poem sequences addressing the endangered species of liberty in the American vernacular. "Road Sign Suite" presents poems of vehicular freedom inspired by highway signs on a road trip through the asphalt and interstate guts of the nation. "Restoring Lady Liberty" explores constitutional freedom while the torch passes from light to gold. The essay “Between a Road and a Gold Place: An Interface,” welds the two sequences, statue to interstate.