big deal

you learn to your alarm

when you awaken and read the news

that the runners of your country

continue to thieve.

..

the outlets have been so bombarded

with a variety of similar crimes

and new revelations of past, different crimes

that the psychic circuits of the electorate

have been blown.

..

collaboration with a russian oligarchy?

big deal.

abuse and extortion of the underaged?

big deal.

innocent citizens killed by paramilitant thugs?

big deal.

propaganda compelling mistrust of vaccination?

big deal.

gunshot deaths becoming commonplace in schools?

big deal.

undeclared war turning schoolgirls into corpses?

selling schlock to fill executive coffers?

making pharmaceuticals unaffordable?

coveting and then invading oil-rich countries?

insulting and belittling truth-seeking journalists?

befouling the sea and the air?

building concentration camps?

rigging, cheating, killing, lying, destroying?

..

we are numb.

numbness is the worst poison.