A Statue Stands in the City of Longview

So now they condemn the hate?
Well now, isn’t that just great?
When Nazis are at the gate
there’s no room for debate;
they come together to state,
“That’s not us, let’s get that straight.”
Such courage! To do the right thing,
take the swing, straight down the plate.

When so often they were benched,
so many voices they’ve quenched.
When oppression left them drenched
with tears, their mouths remained clenched.
The shrine of hate remains entrenched
from the ground, ne’er to be wrenched;
but you claimed the easy win,
used your grins to hide the stench.

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