We Can’t Let Him Win

I could ramble on all day about the ethics of all the things our country’s done.

But I won’t.

Instead I’ll say this one thing: it’s going to happen again.

Everything he’s done, it’s going to happen again or at least, continue happening.

With a president like him, how could it not?

But we ignore this.

We pretend like it’s a one-time thing.

Because we’re too scared to admit that maybe it’s going to happen again.

Too scared to protest unless we have nothing to lose.

Stand up.

Say no.

Please.

We can’t let him win.

Posted in response to the challenge JFK-Civil Rights.

Black pen writing a novel

Creativity641

VT

14 years old

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