it’s not lost on me
the irony
as I gaze out the window
at a landscape thick with fouled air
unsafe for me to breathe
I see the destruction and the debris
carnage lying in the street
celebrating a birthday
while the recipient is on the deathbed
seems wildly inappropriate
but not unexpected
it comes from both sides
for different reasons
those who still retain hope
perhaps the patient can still be revived
and those who think only with hatred
and haven’t even noticed
the patient is barely alive
life support can only do so much
if the toxins aren’t removed
death is inevitable







