A revision to Martin Niemöller’s “First they came for,” poem for today.

First they came for the Separation of Church and State
And I did not speak out
Because I was a not an atheist

Then they came for evolution 
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an archeologist

Then they came for climate change
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a scientist

Then they came for the press
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a journalist

Then they came for the vaccines
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a doctor

Then they came for Congress
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a politician

Then they came for the judiciary
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a judge

Then they came for the military
And I did not speak out
Because I was not enlisted

Then they came for the federal workers
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a civil servant

Then they came for the DEI
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a minority

Then they came for the law firms 
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a lawyer

Then they came for the universities
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a professor

Then they came for free trade
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a manufacturer

Then they came for public assistance
And I did not speak out
Because I was not disadvantaged

Then they came for immigrants 
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an migrant worker

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

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