Apathy is Unconstitutional

 

The apathy of the population

in this avocado world full of rot,

where all the trees are burning
and everyone is too busy talking politics
to lower emissions,

makes me writhe.

Awkward and bumbling,

we circle like deaf mutes,
trying not to hear,

furiously rejecting the gibberish

of the cartoon reality host

with madness and the murder
of democracy

on his mind.

Sigh.

It is all too much
for our tired brains
to hold.

Yet we're terrified that,

by some sleight of hand

(and interference at the ballot boxes)

we might yet return

to the mayhem

and will lose our minds

(and our freedoms.)

Apathy is just not possible

this time around. 

Our hearts rise with hope.

Let's follow them to the voting booth
in huge numbers,

and listen for

the global sigh of relief.

Well. This is what Shay's Word List had to say to me today.