Our Obvious Indifference To One Another Poem by James McLain

How angry one becomes at what they read
I am grateful that I dont have to cover
My body.
Now let's multiply that times ten and
Introduce politics.
And multiply that times ten and
Introduce religious beliefs.
How do we stop the war over thoughts
Thought police terrifies me.
Culture's clash people argue over nothing.
Magpies that gossip secretly like a pack
Of wolves eating his dead flesh like it
Was chicken.
Yet other countries have McDonald's and
Kentucky fried chicken.