RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
The Hearings
They’re having hearings in Washington
About the uprising of January Six
Haven’t we had that already? we said
I recall how it made us sick
So no one is tuning in today
We all think it’s a partisan trick
Maybe it sounds a bit absurd
Like the song of a silent bird
Like the weight of a nebulous word
It’s the hearings that nobody heard
A witness recalls the horror
She survived by the tip of her tongue
It’s a shame that no is listening
To a song that’s already been sung
We refuse to go back to that day
Regardless of what is at stake
We’ll go on with our mundane lives
Politics? Give us a break
For though it might sound absurd
Like the song of a silent bird
Or the weight of a nebulous word
It’s the hearings that nobody heard
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