anywhere else in the world
not sure how many more degrees of separation
I’m willing to accept at this late stage of the game
the masses are becoming even more massive
thanks to this unstoppable reproduction of the species
I’m sitting on a park bench removing all thought
and suddenly none of this is no longer happening
a stranger comes up to me & offers me a cold drink
I happily accept & in silence we drink in the name of peace
blocks away there is violence & incalculable hatred
marching in an organized yet chaotic way
I wonder if we should leave & she reads my thoughts
assuring me we are safer here than anywhere imaginable
june two thousand twenty
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I cannot understand the world right now…..
I’m with you, Christine.