February 5, 2026Missive
If it can be
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If it can be
Why isn't it
The whys and wherefores
Are no more
Important
Than both and.
Bootstraps do not
Pull you up
Some people have no
Fallback position
They are already
On the floor
Dying for want
Of medicine
Is anathema
To me
It would be to you
If there were just
The two of us
Saying no would
Be visible
Cutting the cost
Of an injection
Gene therapy
A dentist
Would be personal.
The distance
Between us
Diverts the attention
From the inequity
Of plutocracy
Wanting for nothing
Is a disgrace
When so many have less.
Empathy is not
A sixth sense
It is human.
Social inclusion
Is not communism,
It is fundamental.