Our country; ‘tis up to thee
This is the way democracy dies
not with a shout but a simper
This is the way democracy dies
with a nation blind to the truth
This is the way democracy dies
with a mark in a voting booth
This is the way democracy dies
not with a brick but a splinter
This is the way democracy lives
not with a gun but with hearts
This is the way democracy lives
with a nation alive to the truth
This is the way democracy lives
with a mark in a voting booth
This is the way democracy lives
not with a cage but with arts
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Democracy dies in the voting booth?
Depends on how you vote. It certainly can.
The poem doesn’t explain how.
Does it need to?