The Assault on Women's Rights
Who takes proud credit for their fate?
Whose perverse words reverberate?
A person who's long shown disdain
For women in his churlish brain:
Someone whose true convictions are
Adjudicated at the Bar.
One Who's at fault for things now wrought.
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And, who complies with this assault
On women's rights without a halt?
The faux consevative demands
Enacting state enforcement bans:
These "Red State" rogues have been the cause
Of pain, and suffering - and loss.
The ones who follow without thought.
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If there's one thing we could abort -
The now empowered "Dred Scott" Court.
"Injustices" who took their seats
Enabled by replete deceits:
Empaneled through a bank of lies -
False testimonies in disguise.
The ones whose favors now are sought.
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But, there's a cure for these extremes,
These crass undemocratic schemes:
Turn out on next election day
And vote to reverse this decay.
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Yet, recent events have changed the landscape
And with them we recall this quote
By President John Adams -
Which casts an ominous shadow:
"Remember, democracy never lasts long.
It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself.
There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."
Copyright © John Ransburg | Year Posted 2024
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