RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY
Dictators United (The Great Divide)
Chi is a dictator *
Putin is a dictator
A dictator is one who has complete power
over the policies and conduct of a nation
That a nation holds mock elections
does not make it a true republic
Trump of the US was a dictator wannabe
He led a failed coup d’état
Bolsonaro of Brazil was a wannabe
He too failed at a coup d’état
Erdogan of Turkey is a wannabe
He attacks the institutions of democracy
Places opposition leaders behind bars
Punishes journalists and dissidents
Modi of India flirts with dictatorship
He leads a violent repression of minorities
He is accused of encouraging genocide
India today remains a democracy
but it teeters on the edge of the abyss
What happens when Modi’s party loses?
Will he yield to the people’s will?
Or will he follow Trump and Bolsonaro?
On this the future of Indian democracy depends
And the world lies in the balance
We are fast approaching a division of world
powers into democracies and autocracies
If India joins Chi and Putin in embracing
the strong hand of oppression
a future of perpetual violence and
upheaval lies waiting
As members of the free world
we are caught in a vice of horrid choices
We need India to stand with us
We need Turkey to a lesser degree
If they fail the cost will be profound
* Biden refers to Chi as a dictator while
welcoming Modi to the White House
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