COMPASSION IN THE CYCLONE THAT IS LIFE

The twinkle of an eye blinks in the same time span as a bullet fired and the casing hitting the floor Birds’ wings flutter at different speeds but a hummingbird’s wings are much faster a cow’s skull hangs suspended from a vein from the gut of a cat But a good life is found wherever one can find it as flowers can grow anywhere I like gardenias best, my favorite In Las Vegas two crows sit on a well lit sign of a casino a child asks his father do we have enough to eat the father huddled in a drainage pipe says, “Yes, we do.” A child in Ethiopia asks his father will I have something to eat tonight, daddy his father answers, “No, maybe tomorrow.” Life in general is full of anomalies Americans' world knowledge of real life is limited And so it seems is compassion in many of its citizens.