RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Nobody Cares
They took your
train for a ride
Maybe they thought
it was fun
In jest they took
your side
You called them to
act on January 6
Your mobsters
crashed the capitol
Carrying flags of
white supremacy
You told them you’d
lead them
But you weren’t
there
You hemmed and
hawed
But nobody cares
They did your bidding
and you ran away
They paid for what
they did that day
Four years later
you called again
You called for riots
in the streets
You called for
mass demonstrations
You warned them
not to indict
You warned them
not to convict
There would be
dire consequences
The likes of which
we’ve never seen
But there were no
demonstrations
They were no riots
in the streets
There was hardly a
whimper
Outside the
bombast echo chamber
Of feigned outrage
and real fake news
In the real world
they stopped and stared
But no one seemed
to care
You promised us a
riot
You promised
violent upheaval
You promised a war
of retribution
But you’re not the
one who pays
You’re not the one
who sacrifices
You won’t even go
to jail
You whine and
whimper It’s not fair!
It turns out
nobody cares
