Nearly a Century After Niemoeller...

 First they came for the migrants,

and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a migrant.

Then they came for the people who needed abortions,
and I didn't speak up
because I didn't need an abortion.

Then they came for the transgender people,
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't transgender.

Then they came for the Muslims
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't Muslim.

Then they came for the Jews
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't Muslim.

Then they came for the people with disabilities
and I didn't speak up
because I didn't have a disability.

Then they came for the Black people
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't Black.

then they came for the teachers

then they came for the librarians

then they came for the scientists

then they came for the doctors

then they came for the union leaders

then they came for the journalists

then they came for the university professors

then they came for the university students

then they came for the 'liberal' pastors

they came for the homeless

they came for the hungry

they came for the sick

they came for the working poor

Nearly a century after Niemoeller wrote his poem,
why don't we see

we are repeating this terrible lesson
all over again?