Ontological State Sponsored Personal Insecurity

First they came for the free press
and I was happy to stop buying newspapers
that I no longer read; I trusted the government.

Then they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist.

Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not in a trade union.

Then they came for the gypsies
the homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses
and I was pleased; none of them was 'me' 

Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew

Then the government came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me