RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: POEMICS
When Democracy Dies
When democracy dies
We begin a slow descent into anarchy
We yield control of all institutions
From civil society to law enforcement
We yield the streets to gangland dominance
And compel our children to choose
Behold Nicaragua Columbia Haiti Mexico
Witness Russia Georgia Ukraine
Beware Hungary Greece Brazil Spain
You cannot play with fire
Without getting burned
You cannot entice autocracy
Without lessons to be learned
Democracy does not die in a single blow
Democracy dies steady and slow
From a thousand cuts over time
Placing government in a tangled bind
A perpetual failure to compromise
An absence of the reasonable and wise
A betrayal of corporate corruption
A long slow burn to a final eruption
A deliberate attack on the vote
A dozen leaks sink the boat
Take a good look around you
The betrayers slowly surround you
To deliver yet another blow
And watch the doubters grow
Democracy is at the stake
Fight back before it is too late
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