Oh, Humanity!

In one day's issue of a local newspaper the

vicissitudes and vagaries of humanity revealed 

in a synopsis of the sublime and the ridiculous

from an piously theocratic group solemnly advising 

that to govern properly hands must be severed and 

public executions proceed in the administration 

of a criminal justice system. On a tourist island its

residents are evacuated as a volcano erupts and

lava incinerates towns and villages. A pampered 

society's focus reports on the importance of selecting

 seasonal colours for one's genetic skin tone. The 

heroic story of a group of doctors in India vowing

to vaccinate remote villagers trekking through 

mountain passes to achieve their goal, balanced 

against brilliant minds obsessed with mortality

insisting human life can be extended to two centuries. 

In Somalia suicide bombers succeed in snuffing 

existence for victims and in Canada care workers

stress over an increased work load of crack

fentanyl and meth users increasingly overdosing.

Migrants flood the borders of wealthy nations to

declare themselves refugees from persecution

poverty and death, among them criminals and

threats to public safety creating a conundrum of

humanitarian dilemmas. Two belligerent nations

reach a compromise releasing political prisoners

while the world grapples with a deadly pandemic.

Global protests erupt against civil freedoms curtailed

mandated by medical experts and government 

agencies face a raging electorate calmed to a degree 

when the public treasury disburses financial aid. 

Nations at war and nations in peace form alliances 

in trade and in conflict. Babies are born and named

and celebrities issue forth on grand display to

ease the stifling boredom of a world in disarray.