<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"><span style="caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; font-size: 26px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Democracy</span><div><br></div><div>by Langston Hughes</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(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;">Democracy will not come<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Today, this year<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nor ever<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Through compromise and fear.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have as much right<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">As the other fellow has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">To stand<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">On my two feet<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">And own the land.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I tire so of hearing people say,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Let things take their course.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tomorrow is another day.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Freedom<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Is a strong seed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Planted<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">In a great need.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I live here, too.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">I want freedom<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Just as you.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><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>