Kristallnacht 2016 - Poem for the day after the USA Election Day

[librarygeek]

Do you hear the breaking glass?

Do you hear the jackboots marching?

Have you read of the children being bullied to tears for being different?

Have you watched the videos of disabled people being beaten up?

Would you really let me have the abortions for my failed miscarriages?

Would you really stand in front of those trying to take me away?

When they come for you, will there be anyone left to speak for you?

This is the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht. It seems HORRIBLY fitting.

Comments

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Never forget.

Re: Yes...

[librarygeek]

I hear it, with music behind it. I need to sit at my keyboard and get the music OUT of my head. Then it will be a free video clip somewhere too.

I can also write the music down and post the odd.

Re: Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

That would be awesome.

Re: Yes...

[sathari]

Here from my Network page.

Oh, yes please. I'm trying to signal-boost anything I can in the way of fannish/atypical forms of activism HERE. (No takers yet but it's early.) That video would be amazing to share.

[alatefeline]

*listens*

I hope that those who I have spoken for, and in justice, *only* them, will stand for, or better yet, by me.

I have drawn some lines, marking things I will not do and acts I will not abandon. Now I need to draw a chart of steps I will take.