RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
The Irony
A change in the Oval Office promises
To bring a purge of the government
A purge of the FBI
A purge of the people’s house
A purge of the electorate
A purge of American citizenship
Just like the Red Scare of the fifties
The irony is:
This time the Reds will be doing the purge
This time the litmus test requires
An alliance to the Beast of the East
A betrayal of NATO
The abandonment of Ukraine
They call it America first
But it is Russia calling the shots
They call national patriotism
But it is loyalty to an adversary
They call it the voice of the people
But the people fall silent
In shock and awe
What have we done?
How can we make amends?
It is far easier to lose a democracy
Than it is to gain it back
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