Suicidal Empathy
Beyond the holy light
Of the great god Empathy now enshrined
There is its daily due
In offerings of flesh and blood.
What was once simply a way to relate to others
A way to feel and understand
The pack and herd,
Has become instead a way to sacrifice.
A way to show in extreme
How good we are, how faithful,
How willing to take up the suicidal vest
To offer our unworthy selves to vague humanity.
(9/6/26)
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