RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
The Breach
As the founders gathered in Philadelphia
To reconstitute the nation
The people of Paris stormed the Bastille
An armory a fortress and a prison
Where dissidents were locked away
Where the power of the crown
To oppress the will of the people
Was enshrined in iron and stone
The storming of the Bastille
Christened the French Revolution
An upheaval that ushered in
The Reign of Terror
A purge of the aristocracy
Of priests and privilege
Retribution by guillotine
This is not the storming of the Bastille
Though it carries bloody consequence
This is the rabble of a lawless leader
Incited to violent uprising
This is the result of electing an autocrat
A ruthless vicious wannabe king
Who can never accept failure
This is a shameful display of the people
Attacking their own institutions
Of self government
This is not the storming of the Bastille
It is a breach of the republic
And the disgrace of a nation
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