Silenced Voices°°

For many months people asked,

"With Trump as president, what could go wrong?"

Well, a lot. It's already started,

And it hasn't taken very long.

Gag orders have been imposed

On various agencies, saying "Whoa!"

Not only to our freedom of speech,

But also to our right to know.

Cutting the flow of information

Of agencies such as the EPA°

Is a frightening sign and something

We must address straightaway.

It's ONE thing for Trump not to agree

With an agency's recommendations;

It's ANOTHER thing altogether

To silence the voices of organizations.

To silence agencies meant to protect

Our quality of life? Shame! Shame!

Whose voice will he stifle next?

At which right will he next take aim?

An authoritarian country wants

Its people to live in ignorance and fear

By limiting what people can say,

By limiting what people can hear.

A growing number of angry voices

Will shout the command: "For'd, harch!"

If we care about our rights,

There might have to be another march.

(1-25-17) By Bob B

°Environmental Protection Agency.

The Department of the Interior and

the Department of Agriculture were
also affected.
°°24 hours after the gag order was 
issued, it was rescinded. Pressure 

and public protest work.