Pre-Election Jitters

This country’s so divided

That I’m feeling really scared.

The rhetoric provided

Hints of violence prepared.

 

Until the last election

There were differences, of course,

But the state of disaffection

Didn’t need a show of force.

 

Now, however, things are spinning

Quickly out of our control

And the simple act of winning

May exact a heavy toll.

 

So I watch the news and wonder

What the hell is going on?

Will the states be torn asunder

And democracy be gone?

 

Or will certain groups awaken

And begin to understand

That our future’s been forsaken

By the havoc they have planned?