American bombs falling on people,
living, breathing,
each with a name
a story, a past
and somehow
no future
Is collateral acceptable?
While we drive our cars
Eat out, steak dinners
Complain about the price of gas
Make a big deal about the
exact temperature of the thermostat
The privilege of being upset
over nothing
Talking about “having a bad day”
while entire families are vaporized
While the internet watches the video
and laughs in the comments
Desensitized to the point of permanent anesthesia
Unmoved by children with faces like skeletons
Unmoved by dust covered hands reaching up to God from under rubble
Unmoved by an entire people being wiped off the face of Earth with high explosives
Moved by the algorithm
Moved by the economy
Moved by reality TV stars
Moved by the stock market
Moved by crypto
Moved by self interest
Moved by greed
Moved by cold hard bloody cash
The American dream is a stash
Who cares how many lives get smashed
Me first, you last
What is human life compared to the price of gas?
