This poem could be about thousands of scenarios across the globe and throughout history - but these words attributed to Pastor Martin Niemoller are about one situation where my cinquain would pertain:
In Germany, they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I was not a Communist.
And then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I was not a trade unionist.
And then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I was not a Jew.
And then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up.

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