Republicans are Saying: Don't Re-elect Us
When Republicans support such things as
15-day abortion bans and nationwide abortion bans,
Enact criminal punishments for women
Making their own health care decisions and
Force women to carry a dead fetus to term,
Then threaten doctors with jail for doing their jobs...
What they are really saying is:
Don't Re-elect us!
When Republicans refuse to aid Ukraine
And hero-worship Putin
And speak longingly for fascism
And cry out for the death of democracy...
What they are really saying is:
Don't Re-elect us!
When Republicans vote
To keep children hungry,
Deny the climate crisis,
Support oil over survival...
What they are really saying is:
Don't Re-elect us!
When Republicans try to impeach Biden
Without any evidence of doing wrong,
Want to defund the IRS, EPA and FBI
To help rich people get richer
And stay out of prison,
While the rest of us pay more...
What they are really saying is:
Don't Re-elect us!
When Republicans prevent citizens from voting,
Use hate and lies to divide the country,
Protect guns instead of children
And erase free speech by banning books...
What they are really saying is:
Don't Re-elect us!
If you have not figured it out yet,
Here is the message
Core to this poem:
Republicans don't want to be elected anymore –
So don't re-elect them.
Carl Scott Harker ©2024
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My latest book of poetry is now available on Amazon. You can find it here: Poems of Personal Poverty.