E tenebras, lux dormiens

Voice cried, reacting to the coming age,
Where that brash nation, whose twin brothers fell,
Many foes and allies therein enrage
Stands 'lone, in pits of coldness that is hell.
Look, those whose natures are so-called conserved
Have lied, mischief of factions now supporting
Here now, the largest state trapped and unnerved
Making democracy fail, now deporting.
We must then pray for that each clank we hear
Each bang, each crash, each vote to hereby show
That the governing remains, allays the fear
That the system does not know where to go.
Such is government, clueless what to do
With us the governed, and including you.

---AJF