Monday, November 16, 2020

Hong Kong

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: DEMOCRACY


Hong Kong

 

The people gathered in city squares

To hold their leaders to their word

A government of and by the people

If not a democracy then something like

A movement toward democracy

Acknowledgement of basic rights

They took away the right to gather

Took away the right to speak

Took away the right to protest

Stripped down the right to privacy

Broke down a free media

Rendered the vote all but meaningless

And America stood silent

The leader of the free world

Is absent without leave

 

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