Trade Unionist Poems | Examples

Silence Is Deadly

"First they came..." by Martin Niemöller

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
	Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
	Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
	Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
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"First they came…revisited" by Dennis Spilchuk

First they came for the unborn, and I did not speak out—
	Because I was not a woman.
Then they came for the children, and I did not speak out—
	Because I had no children.
Then they came for the Trump supporters and I did not speak out—
	Because I was not political.
Then they came for the unvaccinated—and no one spoke out for me.
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