RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY
Democracy Rising in Latin America
The people have spoken in Honduras
Xiomara Castro is elected president
With a promise to end corruption
To help the poor and dispossessed
To bring relief to the oppressed
To liberalize abortion laws
Support the people’s cause
They have spoken in Barbados
Electing Sandra Mason president
The first woman in executive residence
Leaving behind English colonialism
Embracing elements of basic socialism
Bidding farewell to the aristocracy
Affirming the values of democracy
In Peru the people have spoken
Electing Pedro Castillo of Peru Libre
Rejecting soundly the autocratic right
Pushing the neocons from their sight
To the dismay of corporate powers
Democracy rises to claim the hour
The people have spoken in Bolivia
Just as they’ve spoken in Argentina
The question is:
Will America hear their voices?
Will we honor the democratic revival?
Or will we slip back to our imperial ways?
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