In childhood the mind is a greedy sponge
awaiting the irrigation of ideas, a vestibule
maintained close at hand, files withdrawn at will
where the young and credulous habitually
store the tribal files of prejudices that will
sustain them throughout a lifetime of ancestral
indoctrination valued as verities held by
their elders passed on through generations
based on ancient interactions with those
whose presence became a challenge in the
acquisition of limited existential resources
translated to the present. Visceral reactions
in reflection of hostile perceptions incited by
current events drive the lust for revenge against
those presumed to have plotted sacrilegious
assaults by one sect against the other. Venom
spills across the ages in fiery threats finally
culminating in slaughter, justified by those posing
as victims avenging imagined conflict not yet
materialized yet pathologized in perpetuity.
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