You step up to the plate,
Just a little bit late.
The time for the need,
For the want,
For the speed
Of your voice has since past due,
And what it took was a failed coup.

Had the insurrection not failed,
Rather than condemn,
Would you have hailed?
Had the plan not been foiled,
Rather than scorn them,
Would you have remained loyal?

History will not speak well of you,
Who sat back and did nothing.
Who in fact wanted it too.
You, the ones who made speeches,
And pretended for once,
That you aren't a pack of leeches.

You, who finally stepped up,
But only after the jig was up.

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