Vote!

If you think Congress is out of step

With what the people desire today,

Let the candidates hear your voice;

It's time to send them on their way.

Vote!

 

If the past two years have been

A nightmare from which you want to awake,

And much of what you valued has been

Shot to hell, for goodness' sake,

Vote!

 

If honesty and integrity

Of a leader are important to you,

And you believe in checks and balances,

Then you know the right thing to do:

Vote!

 

If pre-existing conditions are

Important to you, and lawmakers dare

To weaken programs such as Social

Security and Medicare,

Vote!

 

If you care about equal access,

That citizens shouldn't have to fight

Restrictive laws preventing them

From voting, then please do what's right:

Vote!

 

If you think our leaders have been

Leading us down the rabbit hole,

And conflicts of interest and also major

Corruption have gotten out of control,

Vote!

 

If far-right extremism

Has no place in the White House, and when

The president praises autocrats

And scorns our loyal allies, then

Vote!

 

If you want an America

That has BOTH jobs and heart,

Where the leader's rhetoric

Doesn't tear the country apart,

Vote!

 

-by Bob B (10-29-18)

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend. If you don't vote. Don't complain. Thank you Bob for sharing your needed words.
Coyote