We, Defeated

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I have a hundred
Poems I’ve started
Unhappy ever
After endings
Written in my
Aching head
Racism
Sexism
Garden variety
Genocide
Homo- and
Transphobia
Mental illness nee
Terrorism
Hate
Revulsion
Malignancy
So much
Venom
Vitriol
Animosity
Sometimes I can’t
Translate agony
Into words
We can interpret
Simply a
Pain in the gut
Punch in the stomach
Unabated
A-fibrillation
This shouldn’t be
Tough stuff
For people
Politeness
Civility
Common decency
Truth integrity
Friendship
Love
LOVE of humanity
Is the missing link
Most common topic
Most popular word
All across the world
Perhaps because
It’s the hardest
To define or
Find in real life