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Everyday Atrocity
How did this become the norm?
How did we come to accept this?
We’ve embraced mass killings and
A cycle of pointless death.
Four marines shot dead,
A church becomes a massacre,
Marathons being bombed,
Children killed in school,
Midnight showings attacked.
Just another
Everyday atrocity.
Our outrage grows weaker
With each event, and we
Argue more passionately over
Passing politics and celebrities.
Where is this society
Placing its priorities,
When seamless death
Doesn’t surprise anymore.
7-18-2015
You raise a fair question.
You raise a fair question. But I will offer one, and only one, encouragement. At least until the economic crash this past year, violent crime - particularly murder - has been on a long dive in this country. It seems worse because there is an increase is mass murder events - and also because we get wall to wall coverage for days to weeks on end any time it happens - but there are conversely far less incidents of murder. Don't lose hope in that regard. But also keep pushing for us to reach a higher plane. We have not nearly gotten far enough in this regard. And obviously we have a ton of work to do on other fronts, as well. All the best to you.
An Unproven Theory
Before every major war, pr is flooded with images of atrocies and unjustified killing to condition the people of USA to be desensitized to the atrocies about to be perpetuated in their name. More stories of horrific deaths with pictures and sound overs - stop the killing. Kill the killers. Kill. Kill. Do not feel. Kill. Unproven, but have you noticed the huge wave of killing in our entertainments: war, death of innocents, bombed out cities as setting, more and more images of atomic bombs in color like Warhol's blond. It's a theory. - s