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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