"Where have we gone?"

Mask on mask off

Battle lines drawn

Where only

Consideration should dwell

Etiquette found

In Webster’s

Now defunct

Empathy as rare

As clovers of four

Tolling bell

Portends

Future dimming

Tinder sparks with

Righteous words but

Squashed under boots

Of anger

Armors of hate

Forged by generations

Tempered by ignorance

Too Ignorant to change

When Reality

Becomes a show

Won only

By ratings