Thursday, November 9, 2023

Our Ailing World

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The world has been lurching

from one cataclysmic event to

another with disastrous results

for humankind. Might the creator

of all that exists somehow be

responsible, in her boredom and

indifference to the fate of her

creatures, by initiating this series

of catastrophes? When we felt 

that the world was coming to an end

under the burden and fear that a global

pandemic created demolishing order

and reaping a harvest of millions

that was merely the opening act.

Might anyone have suspected that the

virus of death had an accompaniment

another one that transformed the norms

of humanity into a never-ending

catalyst for pain, horror and death?

For from an era of diminishing wars

we have erupted into one that spawns

conflict worldwide, degrading humanity

perpetrating calamities of medieval

savagery on one another, re-awakening

ancient grievances and hatred toward all. 



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