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[apiphile]

sorry ursula

you have to be the kid in the omelas hole to matter.

sorry kid, i know we said
that all of you were important
but we were lying.

there are only two kinds of people
who merit consideration
in the short days of our waning lives:

the ones in the hole
and the ones who put them there.

i know, you say: what about
the ones who don't do anything,
don't get the kid out,
don't hold the people accountable,
aren't they to blame too?

aren't the ones who walk away
as culpable?

sorry, kid,
either you're in the hole
and your suffering is embarrassing
to us
but beautiful to your defenders
in other lands

or you're the son-of-a-bitch
that lowered you in;

we don't talk about anyone else.

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Oh, brutally true!

sorry, kid,
either you're in the hole
and your suffering is embarrassing
to us
but beautiful to your defenders
in other lands

I really like how you put this part.