easy listening

when screams of children being bombed &
women being raped to the sounding drumbeat of war,
some trip over their feet to turn the knob
to click the clicker, change the channel
to
run
run
run away
from the real tragedy spitting back in your face
because the modern conveniences that make your life
cushy
are the same fueling the masquerade that’s destroying lives & killing others
all across the world---
there is no system of checks n’ balances---
the figures of the dead are only accounted for by the winners for the
winners,
and history will have no place for you if you need something that
they are not willing to concede.

for some this is all just easy listening
for some this is all what they run to their cabinet in their kitchen to get the
cleaning fluid to
squeegee the screen
try to make the blood go away
try to make the screams pass on and leave them the rest of their day.