First they came...

Day 749, 09:41 Published in Japan USA by Emerick
Dear Japan,
Enjoy your new Russian overlords, because Corea doesn't;
Enjoy your new Hungarian overlords, because China doesn't;
Enjoy your new Iranian overlords, because India doesn't;
Enjoy your old Indonesian overlords, because the Eastern Hemisphere never has.

Emerick, American poet, day 749


First they came for the Indians, and I did not speak out—because I was not an Indian;
Then they came for the Chinese, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Chinese;
Then they came for the Malaysians, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Malaysian;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.

-Hitoshi Makoto, Japanese poet, day 834