(Letter to the Editor - Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection)

In our numbers there is power and people have you heard? Lately there’s been a little mouse that roared! (Seven million strong!)

Everyday people, just like you and me, showed up and shouted out — “No Kings!

We the people … The whole world sees our numbers. The whole world hears our shouts. We are telling the Trump administration, “you cannot bury this story! This is not a concept of a plan. We know exactly what we want: a government that will not allow too much power in a few hands. We want checks and balances, and we are going to get it — ‘No Kings!'”

We stand against the rich and powerful who already have so much, and yet, want more. We will not settle for the crumbs that fall from your table, when it was our hard labor that made you rich.

Meanwhile, you line your own pockets, at our expense!

We the people … will not allow you to trample over our rights.

We want our votes back (every vote). We want our due process, for everyone. There can be no exceptions. We want our Bill of Rights. Do not torch our Constitution. How dare you tear our Constitution up, and throw it at our feet.

No Kings is the polar opposite of too much power in a few hands.

No Kings is the voice of millions. In our numbers there is power.

We are real, concrete, hard copy! We are not a concept of a plan.

Our purpose is clear. Our numbers grow!

Our first “No Kings” was 3 million strong. And then we grew, a human wave. Seven million of us, the numbers shout — we will not stand by and allow democracy to die! In our numbers, there is power!!!

Next time, we will be 12 million strong, and we will not stop there. The mouse became a lion. The lion became a great wave. The wave will become a mountain, reaching high into the sky. In our numbers there is power and we will show up and shout out – “No Kings.”

R.W. Austin

Parkersburg