RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY
Turkey Rises (or Falls)
The people awaken
After years of silent slumber
The temptations of the autocrat
The ones who promise all yet
deliver nothing but the same old deal
Everything for the privileged class
Nothing for the poor
Erdogan promised the world
but he governed like a king
He crushed the opposition by all means
Mass arrests and mass detention
Demonize dissent, outlaw protest
Rule with an iron fist
But the people tire of his act
The people tire of their silence
The people tire of pretending they
are pleased with his brutality
The people have begun to
identify with the oppressed
Now the people assert their power
They have held on to their democracy
They have maintained the essence of
constitutional rule
The people rise as Erdogan falls
(or Erdogan rises as the people fall)
