State of the Union

A view of Americana

Photo by Kendall Hoopes from Pexels

Empathy and Sympathy
Gone for more than twenty years
Reared up five-plus ago
Brought many tears

Cult of personality
Swooped right in
Abject neglect
Allowed millions to perfectly sin

Hypocrisy is strong everywhere
Shame willfully used
For first-world crimes
People are shocked
Billions of times

Empowered by dopamine
From little glass spines
Swiping left, right, up, and down
They cry from glass…