Stifling Our Voices

A Poem by Bob B

All over America

Injustices are rapidly mounting

As Trumplicans keep looking for ways

To keep every vote from counting.

Democracy is under attack.

What's more, this ugly ballot rejection

Is shamefully occurring right

Smack in the middle of our election!

Early voting has already started,

And yet they continue to change the rules,

Claiming possible voter fraud.

Deception's one of their devious tools.

Throwing out ballots due to petty

Issues is one of their favorite ploys.

Limiting mail-in ballots is

Also a scheme that adds to their joys.

Crippling the U.S. postal system:

Another strategy that will be

Making their efforts to throw out votes

A self-fulfilling prophecy.

The unfair tactics hit minority

Communities especially hard

By limiting opportunities.

Another reason to be on our guard.

And then we have a president

Constantly misleading his base.

He lies about the current system

Of voting and does it with a straight face!

And all of this voter suppression occurs

While a COVID pandemic rages.

We have observed a chipping away

Of democratic values in stages.

How sad it is, America,

That what's going on truly appears

To brazenly discredit a system

That's worked quite well for many years!

-by Bob B (10-30-20)

© 2020 Bob B

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barleygirl

There are so many things to be pissed and/or neurotic about, but I admire you for picking one main theme to each of your political rants, whereas some haul out everything from the kitchen sink to Hillary Clinton and whine on ad infinitum. I'm kinda sick of this whole political cesspool that's festering in our country, but despite the mindless roar, your messages grab the reader's attention becuz you include fact & details that paint a wicked situation (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie