Why does the news crave tragedy?
Because WE do

They understand we the people take life too seriously
That we must feel we are divine creatures
That we are here to perform some magical universe-expanding…

We secretly love when a plane crashes
or when a bomb goes off.
These events give us excuses and justifications
These events allow us to be angry and afraid
These events allow us to make grand statements like
My Heart Bleeds For Those Parents
What Is Wrong With People And The World

For what other reason would we proselytize over deaths
that have absolutely nothing to do with us?
Why else would we stare at a television and watch
the explosions, the fire, the pain, the blood
over and over and over and over for days and days and days and days

We the people take great pride in our tragic gluttony;
It gives us a false sense of compassion
Allows us to believe we are not the problem

How else could we justify
as a creature born with logic and understanding,
our obsessive consumption and earthly neglect?

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(written with pen on paper)