Organizing is agonizing.
Perhaps this is why
so few even try.
Door to door
volunteers implore
a moment of your time.
Clipboards held close
to register you to vote,
and finally take a stand
on what matters to you.
Citizenship is not exciting.
there are no trophies awarded
for showing up to vote.
Time spent is the only fee
to stand in line and show I.D.
You get what you pay for
but so much more a say for
a government you choose
to serve your every need.
Then why must volunteers plead
for your attention, as they speed
to meet deadlines for signatures
to place a choice on a ballot.
Does any of it matter?
Look around you now.
And what you see, I vow,
will bring you to your knees.
Too long have you ignored
the politics of greed.
Register then vote
in every single election.
Believe me when I say
voting is your only protection.
annarino writes 