How Does It Happen - Patrice Warrender

[Larry Robinson]

How Does It Happen? 
 
It happens at the borders 
when grim men answer 
all questions with a flag 
and dismiss talk of civil rights
with scribble of a pen.
 
It happens when freedom slams
its door on desperate, broken 
hands, and punishes the children 
who come from different lands.
 
It happens when the knees of 
democracy buckle and money 
decides, who walks the long 
way home and who gets a 
chauffeured ride.
 
It happens when we’re busy and 
ignore the signs that tell, not how
or when, but enough to know, we 
lose the country when we, the people
lose control. 
 
How do we change it?
Vote because you can
 
	- Patrice Warrender
 
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