Domestic Violence

Tonight, on the news! If it bleeds it leads and soon we ignore it. Another young girl dead and found in a local field. What twisted genes can evoke such pain? Embarrassed to be male, is what I claim, and yet I know in the dark corners of our souls lurk such possibilities. Old lady in Orinda raped and murdered. News for the day and quickly forgotten. These are, now, our normal expectations. Like primates on the Savannah, we nudge the bodies, a bit, and go on about our business