Then they came for me... (an updated version)

[Sapphire Blue]

First they came for the welfare mothers, but I did not speak out; I wasn't a welfare mother.

Then they came for the union workers with union busting tactics, but I did not speak out; I wasn't a union worker.

Then they came for the minimum wage workers, by refusing to raise the minimum wage, but I did not speak out; I wasn't a minimum wage worker.

Then they came for the unemployed, setting stricter eligibility standards, but I did not speak out; I was not unemployed.

Then they came for the homeless, reducing funding for low-income housing, criminalizing sitting on the street, criminalizing sleeping in public, but I did not speak out; I was not homeless.

Then they came for the hungry people, reducing funding for food assistance programs, but I did not speak out; I was not hungry.

Then they came for the Katrina victims & survivors, but I did not speak out. I couldn't speak out. You see, several weeks before Katrina, I lost my job, I lost my car... I had no money & no way to evacuate. I drowned in the flood.