Franchise Poem by Justin Reamer

Franchise, suffrage;
They are all a great thing,
For they are part of a great form
Of government known
As democracy,
Which is what our country,
The United States is based upon,
Combined with that of a republic.

Franchise is the right to vote,
A form of speech,
A form of the Freedom of Speech,
Part of 'SPARP, '
(Speech Press Assembly Religion Petition) ,
Which is part of the First Amendment
In the Bill of Rights.

The Founding Fathers fought
An imperial Great Britain,
A tyrannical King George III,
A partial Parliament,
In order to gain what they believed in.

People fought in a revolution
In 1776 to 1783
To gain the Independence we have now,
And we have it.

In the Bill of Rights,
The Founding Fathers
George Washington,
James Madison,
Thomas Jefferson,
Benjamin Franklin,
And many others,
Put in 10 Amendments to
The Constitution that cannot be changed,
And the most important was the First Amendment.

Franchise is the big part,
Because your voice can be heard,
And no matter whom you vote for,
The government cannot prosecute you,
For if you vote Republican,
And Obama wins,
He cannot throw you in a gulag
Like Josef Stalin did
Or Kim Jung-Il still does
With his people in North Corea,
And if you vote Democratic,
And Romney wins,
He cannot throw you in a concentration camp
Or put you into prison
Like Adolf Hitler did
Or all of the kings of old.

You have the right to express your beliefs,
No matter if you are
An African American or a Latino,
An Asian American or a Caucasian,
A Native American or a European,
Or a Pacific Islander,
A homosexual or a heterosexual,
A bisexual or a transsexual,
A healthy person or an autistic,
An epileptic or a person with CP,
A man or a woman,
A liberal or a conservative,
An environmentalist or industrialist,
A Catholic or a Protestant,
A Jew or a Muslim,
A Buddhist or a Hindu,
You can still go out and vote
And express your beliefs.

The vote gives you the power to choose,
And it lets your voice be heard,
So go out and vote,
And do not let franchise go to waste,
So go and participate,
And make it clear,
For the choice is yours,
And democracy will flourish.