I saw poetry in the Spotlight section, so I am emboldened. I wrote this a few weeks ago after attending an Occupy GA. Read this as a Mic Check, one person then the crowd.
Mic Check
In a democracy
In a democracy
The 99 percent
The 99 percent
Count just as much
Count just as much
As the top few
As the top few
In a democracy
In a democracy
It’s one person one vote
It’s one person one vote
And it’s not
And it’s not
One dollar one vote
One dollar one vote
In a democracy
In a democracy
Big corporations
Big corporations
Don’t get
Don’t get
To write the laws
To write the laws
In a democracy
In a democracy
We the People
We the People
Are the ones
Are the ones
Who make the rules
Who make the rules
In a democracy
In a democracy
We have rule of law
We have rule of law
And the rich
And the rich
Aren’t above the law
Aren’t above the law
Tell me what democracy looks like
This is what democracy looks like
Tell me what democracy looks like
This is what democracy looks like