Recount

Recount

Counting and trying to count:

            And not counting at all,

                        And abstaining

                        On the ballot,

                        And abstaining,

                        By not showing up.

            And not trying at all,

                        And complaining

                        About losing,  

                        And lamenting,

                        Without any effort.

            And not caring at all,

                        And ignoring

                        The noise,

                        And out-toning,

                        Bombast and rhetoric.

Not counting and not trying to count:

And counting in abstentia,

                        And casting votes

                        On the ballot,

                        And casting votes

                        By not showing up.

            And trying to matter,

                        Hiding disappointment,

                        Bravely,

                        Disenfranchised,

                        By just showing up.

And trying to be heard           

Among the noise,

Crying to be heard,

Above the noise,

In tone deaf ether.

And showing up

            By not showing up,

And showing up

            By showing up.

And counting,

            And not counting at all.