Headlong

 

Headlong towards the

dystopian present.

Full speed ahead toward

our demise.

 

With each new human horror

story I hear, I get a little

less hopeful for some

great human catharsis.

 

The murders,

shootings,

killings,

wars,

shortages,

the pains.

 

The stupidity,

willful ignorance,

racism,

sexism,

political indifference,

societal indifference.

 

The same old story,

for all human history,

death,

famine,

plagues,

war,

punctuated with callousness.

 

Momentary joys dotting

our collective humanity,

walking on the Moon,

defeating fascism,

eliminating most diseases,

but then, we regress.

 

To savagery,

and indecency,

debasement

and a general

malaise.  

 

It’s all too much,

wouldn’t you agree?

 

I think that’s all I really

want to say today.