You say I should be scared for my children and my country?
I’ve been scared for a long time already. Where have you been?
Sorry, I’m all out of empathy for the day. Thoughts and prayers.

If they get to cherry-pick which violence matters, then I get to cherry-pick too.
I’m not going to laugh about it. I’m not going to cry about it.
I’m just going to ignore it.

I’m going to ignore it the way they ignored the shootings of the senators in Minnesota.
I’m going to ignore it the way they ignore all other violence.

I’m going to ignore it the same way they ignore school shootings.
I’m going to ignore it the way they ignore the genocide in Gaza.
I’m going to ignore it the way they ignore the war in Ukraine.

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