I've almost gotten used to us,
humans, I mean,
in our capacity for sheer viciousness.
Oh, I get my temporary shocks
from violent images
and am surprised by specifics
of what and where--
and don't think I don't care!
But consider horrific
terms like "collateral damage",
"child soldier" and
"corrective rape" and
here we are:
elevated apes
who learned to sharpen rocks
and then
developed entire cults and rituals,
language and signals,
to sort out what we
do with them.
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