RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Whose Side are you On?
While the Trump insurrection rose
To a white-hot fever pitch
The army, the navy, and the guard
Stood down
The call to arms never came
The commander fell silent
The four-stars fell silent
They watched from the sidelines
As the gates of the Capitol fell
They watched as the halls of congress
Filled with angry assailants
They watched as the Capitol police
Were trampled by the mob
They knew without knowing
The president was behind the assault
They took sides by not taking sides
Between an outgoing president
And the house of the people
They chose the former
Between democracy and autocracy
They chose the latter
The question must now be asked
To every officer and soldier
In every branch of military service:
Whose side are you on?
The United States of America?
Or its betrayers?
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