If you say that “Man is good,”
the Devil’s Advocate would have me
say that “Man is evil.”
I need only speak of our
nightmares,
our dreams in the dark, those
fears and demons
behind our sleeping eyes.
I need only read the headlines,
words printed in a black ink
tattoo, perpetually changing
upon the page.
I need only remember
words branded in our history books
(that we are the sons and heirs to)
“War, murder, bombings,
shootings, massacres and mutilations.
Those evil words,
those words we live with.
those words we live with.
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