democracy
doesn’t die
due to the actions
of the alzheimer asshole
it doesn’t die
from the slow
strangulation
of corporate
subsidaries

it dies
when the people
go silent
it dies
when we
stop fighting

they will do
whatever they can
to remain rich
influential and
in power
no matter how
many poor people
need to die to do it

we must stand united
unsilenced
in the face of
fascism
or by hands
democracy dies