It Can’t Happen Here, or Can It?

Sinclair Lewis wrote “It Can’t Happen Here” in 1935

Of governmental disaster that we would not survive

And now it’s been 89 years

Many of those long-ago fears

May still catch some of us unawares

But I still hold out hope and even belief

That even in these times of widespread grief

All remains possible, even prevailing peace

And all violence finally cease

I know there is much to do

The world needs me and all of you

It can happen here

And there and everywhere

But the best is always possible

If we work together, we will be unstoppable