what safe profession can a child even dream to have to pursue thru teenage & college years?
genocide of specifically journalists
genocide of specifically healers, doctors, all helpers
information genocide
genocide of privacy
genocide of clean fresh waters
genocide of hearts & minds
it goes on & on
is that us?
is that our offering to our children?
the genocide icecream shop?
would you like local genocide? boutique genocide? bespoke genocide? environmental genocide? climate genocide? national genocide? religious genocide? cultural genocide? international genocide?
we have all flavors?
in all that time?
have we not found consensus yet?
not even for center stage
what hope do our children have?
with this
is this the human species now?
genocide mainstream & genocide indie
center stage
15 april 2024
75+ years
191 days
6 months 8 days
since 7 october 2023
simply louder
simply center stage cos holy land to many
many & yet the minority
& still center stage
how many, so close to the ground say:
not even the first
who could ever see to say
the whole world decides every day
each & every one of us
is it the first one? of this century?
the first & last one? of this century?
the singular one? of this millenium?
i told naya by way of hyperbole
i would set the Louvre on fire
for all the good it never did
for genocide in the 21st century to have happened
that is why art
ultimately means so little to me
being touched doesnt mean much
if you dont go do
with what that touch meant
however, being touched? (very gently meant & intended)
is just that
being touched
being met, however ephemerally, for whatever duration, a book length, a film length, the time you stood in front of a painting
stories can tell us about ourselves
they can illuminate something within us
we can correspond with the right ones,
ones meant for us, that touch us
they can move us, they can inspire us, we can see with different eyes
do you not get up & leave the theater?
do you not put the book on your bedside table & turn out the light & tomorrow is the same as every other day?
when a movie ends & credits roll
when the last page of a book is finished
do you still exist?
wise: to read about apocalypse predictions thru time
how many there are thru time
wise to learn more about y2k, about 2012, about america's pluto return
keep adding, adding, adding frames
learn learn learn learn
& you will come to find
stories are simply that
~already~ tears on my face.
especially especially especially, what did those minors ~ever~ do to deserve. what did those babies ~ever~ do. even the adults were absolute hostages.