I know I should help But lets wait and see Maybe someone Will do it for me This couch is so soft I’m not going to move I did my part In the voting booth If there’s a war on They’ll fight it for me I’m on their side Just let me be I read the news I know what’s going on I pray from my pew What more need I do I’m getting too old I’m too far away I’ve got things to do It’s not a good day I’ll send you a check I’ll buy a new flag Send me an email I’ll subscribe to your rag It’s a big country Millions out there Among those like you A few of them care Enough to rise up And carry a sign Others like you Sit back and whine I read in the news A young man is deceased While marching against People with a hate disease It’s sad news indeed It’s come down to this He exercised speech Was shot in the head My beer is still cold I’m thinking too hard I’m getting too old I just washed my car It looks like rain The grass needs a mow What do you know They said it may snow
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Great poem! I love it!
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Thank you, Luisa 🙂
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🙏🌹🙏
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I really like this, Will. It truly resonates… captures the current atmosphere.
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Thank you. I’ve been wanting to comment on the current bizarre and surreal atmosphere. Sometimes I hope I’ll wake and find it all just a dream.
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Yes, me too, but… scary dream! :O
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Harsh truth
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Yes, it is!
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Wonderfully penned!!
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Thank you! 🙂
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sad and ironical in the same time…
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Yes it is. I don’t think human nature has changed much over the years. There have always been those who take action and those who stay home. In most cases, it’s only when one feels immediate life-threatening danger that they’ll take action or when they are pulled along by others who see the danger early on.
The poem is my response to recent events involving our presidential election. If we can’t be truly certain our elections are honest and secure, then we’ve lost, or are losing, the democracy we based our Constitution on. Millions of Americans feel the election was fraud-ridden and corrupt. The match has been lit by the ones who take action; it remains to be seen if enough of the millions can be pulled along to set off the powder keg.
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Yes, I understand that. It’s very sad to see that US is divided in 2 camps now. I’m starting to wonder…if this is the beginning of the end 🧐🤨😱
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That’s definitely what some folks are hoping for!
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💜💜
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That’s fantastic! Straight to the heart. Reminds me of that saying. ‘Then they came for me, and there’s was no one to speak up’
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Thank you, Paula. Hindsight is 20/20 of course. Most people see danger coming but are afraid to confront it and risk giving up their comforts. Then it’s upon them and too late to react.
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