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Where will be on Tuesday ?
How can we stand to see
the end of democracy’s vote
shredded by violent rhetoric
crushed like a skull
by hammers of deceit
and lies meant to overrule rules
putting power into the hands of monsters ?
Our Republic is being brought to its knees.
How will it stand strong
under such assaults as these
threats to voters and election workers
and candidates and incumbents
whose only purpose is to bring peace
through ballot boxes instead of swords
wielded long ago, before our day,
to put in power those who would control
every hour of every day of every year.
If democracy falls to its knees
how will we, its greatest fans, continue to stand ?
We will stand, resolute and firm in our resolve
to stay standing through it all,
to never bend a knee to autocracy,
to never fall below the standards we have set
to remain civil and unbent
to prevent the loss of liberty
for people of color, LGBTQ,
women, refugees, immigrants, and Jews.
Where will we be?
Standing tall,
like the Madame Speaker’s husband Paul,
refusing to allow democracy’s fall.
Grab onto freedom and hold tight.
Tuesday will be a very long night.
“Look for the helpers”.
They are standing alongside us all.
annarino writes 