You don't have to vote

You don’t have to vote
if you’re a bagel with cream cheese
You don’t have to vote
if you’re the germ of some disease
You don’t have to vote
if you’re a ship on rocky shores
You don’t have to vote
if you’re the zero of some scores
You don’t have to vote
if you’re a tiny speck of dust
You don’t have to vote
if you’re some orange flaking rust
You don’t have to vote
if you’re a silly stuffed giraffe
You don’t have to vote
if you’re the chuckle of some laugh.
You might as well be all these things,
some toast, a germ, a boat
If you happen to be a person
and you fail to cast a vote.