The term understates,
underrates the invisible numbers,
after the headlines, the quieted dead
dwindle to less than extraordinary.
Violence and cultural blight
are seen as side effects of affluence,
a benign wind of change
and not the culling, winnowing
and genocide of a Nation
sleepwalking into madness.
Clubbing seal cubs
portends a rage for mass murder.
The tail wags the dog
and the offended march away
to slaughter strangers.
Generation after generation,
no - year after year,
day to day.
Meanwhile bloody footprints
reshape a landscape of fear.