A take on violence
The exiling waves of life
Battered a Syrian child
Swept ashore. We scrolled.
We shrugged this violence.
Eyes glued to a simulacrum of love
Expecting the controlled dominance
Of a filthy rich fictional character
We said: “It’s vanilla.”
Violence as an idea is sweetened
You gulp down the pill
But violence as a means is condemned
You still gulp down the pill.
March 6, 2018
Lyon 1 University
Mar 6, 2018
Mar 6, 2018 at 5:04 AM UTC
A take on violence
The exiling waves of life
Battered a Syrian child
Swept ashore. We scrolled.
We shrugged this violence.
Eyes glued to a simulacrum of love
Expecting the controlled dominance
Of a filthy rich fictional character
We said: “It’s vanilla.”
Violence as an idea is sweetened
You gulp down the pill
But violence as a means is condemned
You still gulp down the pill.
March 6, 2018
Lyon 1 University
