Thursday 15 February 2018

Who Am I Better Than?


Important because it’s an unconscious question
that sits below the screeching headlines 
yet informs my actions

I am better than the killer who shot an unarmed man
and got off free and the killer of 17 students
with a rifle he cradled like a baby

better than the NRA who say everyone should carry 
then shooters wouldn’t - but feel it doesn’t matter 
who lives and dies as long as the economy is good

and all those who know the economy is a religion 
so that billions die before climate change
and all the suffering will create more mass shooters
more wars, more disease while scientists predict 
the threat of artificial intelligence

and if we manage to arm ourselves to the mind
and not just the teeth we shall see the winners 
stride across an emptied world in triumph

and who will care who is better then?
No-one.

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