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In the Days Before Election

10/26/2018

 

They threaten violence and then
    Claim themselves as afraid
Of violence enacted, when
    Their own threats have been made.

’Tis subtle, this hypocrisy,
    As they prepare to kill
Their own complacent enemy,
    Competitors, at will.

They fear the contest will not go
    The way that they desire,
So plan to thwart the outcome—so
    Illegally conspire.

O, like a lamb that’s being led
    To slaughter, you and I,
But let us lower not the head
    But boldly stare: defy.

If you will kill me you must look
    Into unblinking eyes,
Although your conscience not be shook
    Nor mercy ever rise.

I do not mind the death so much
    As all the lies you tell,
Proclaiming heaven, while you clutch
    Tenaciously to hell.


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