RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Crash and Burn
America is a diverse nation
Divided we have always been
Divided by race and color
Divided by religious creed
Divided by regional loyalty
Divided by philosophy
But we the people
Have not been divided
On the question of democracy
Since the birthing of the republic
Since the debate in Philadelphia
Since the election of 1800
Since the rejection of aristocracy
A question echoes like hollow voices
In the empty chambers of my mind
It rattles through the halls of congress
Shakes loose the ties that bind:
When will we ever learn?
Not it seems before the towers
Of power crumble crash and burn
What then?
A Putin-style authoritarianism?
The people have no rights in Moscow
No first or second amendment
No bill of rights
No civil liberties
No free press
No right to gather in protest
No right to free speech
No free and fair elections
They have only hope
Like America circa 1776
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