Game Changer

The little boy cries wolf one too many times.

The window display at Macy’s has not

changed in years. The old woman complains

about her arthritis every day. One day of rain

in the monsoon season is hardly noteworthy

anymore. It’s just one more nasty tweet from

a demented president we ignore. So what, we

have seen and heard all that vile drivel before.

We become complacent and bored with the

same old, same old. Even breaking news

is the same old BS we tend to deplore. We

become inured, tend to dismiss the tedium

as the piano player hits the key of C over

and over again. We leave the ballgame in

the twelfth inning of a zero/zero tied game.

Children are shot and killed in our schools

so often these days, we throw up our hands

in disgust as Congress once again sends the

survivors their condolences and prayers

while doing nothing to legislate meaningful

change. Perhaps a Hail Mary pass is called

for instead. Our children are dying; survivors

are traumatized with a lifetime of guilt and

fear, my friends. There is no time left on the

clock for games such as these to be played.

Chris Hanch 5-21-18