Sunday, November 15, 2020

Peru

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR:  DEMOCRACY BETRAYED


Peru

 

Emboldened

The fascists take aim and strike

They are the moneyed class

Who can stop them?

Who can tell them what to do?

They own the police

They own the courts

They control the banks

They own the media

The people have nothing

But the streets

 

Up north they have their fascists too

Their leaders refuse to leave office

Their elections have no meaning

They cheat and pack the courts

They lie and scheme

They make up the rules

They take want they want

They have no laws

They have no justice

They have no balance of power

They mock their own principles

 

Why should Peru honor the system?

Why should Bolivia?

Why should anyone?

 

The people have nothing

But the streets

 

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