<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2825338/voting-is-a-mission/" class="nocolor" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: rgb(34, 34, 34) !important;"><b>VOTING IS A MISSION</b></a><div><br></div><div>byCedric McClester</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">To achieve your ambition</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br><span style="background-color: white;">Stop hoping and wishing</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Voting is a mission</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">It’s like going fishing</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">No fish will you find</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If you don’t cast your line</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">So drop your remote</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And go out and vote</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Your candidate</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Might not win the debate</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But let me clearly state</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If you don’t participate</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Then you abdicate</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">By not voting your choice</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">You lose your voice</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And can never rejoice</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Democracy demands</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Having all hands</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Both critics and fans</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Despite their brands</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Being involved</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To get their problems solved</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Things tend to revolve</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">So we’ll be absolved</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Voting is a right</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We could lose over night</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Unless we unite</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Stop being uptight</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And stay engage in the fight</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">For which people died</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Payed in blood or their hide</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To not be denied.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>