It’s the ditch or the dungeon
Sharing big feelings
of anger and disappointment -
whether in full caps toss from the cruel and incompetent
or in the crisp, lawyerly smudge of the basically fearful -
hasn’t stopped the bombs
and won’t stop the bombs.
They are simply too thin and cowardly to meet the moment
and are destined only for the ditch or the dungeon
because these are the two pre-set destinations on the road they’ve chosen,
with a legacy exactly the opposite of the one they crave.
They may not read, but they must have watched Netflix.
This is history for dummies,
quite literally.