110 kilovolts, 320 milliamps,
for 96 milliseconds.
Not science or math
history or geography.
Time can’t tell anything.
The piercing images of an orphaned baby
crying for his mother
in the slums of the African Sahara
cannot even lift a finger.
Wait…really?
Not the malaria and measles that pervade society
we have the vaccinations for?
Not the dysentery and water poisoning
we would have expected from the Middle Ages?
Not the blatant injustices in our governments,
In our work places, in our social stratification,
In our minds?
What does it take?
110 kilovolts, 320 milliamps,
for 96 milliseconds.
for 96 milliseconds.
Not science or math
history or geography.
Time can’t tell anything.
The piercing images of an orphaned baby
crying for his mother
in the slums of the African Sahara
cannot even lift a finger.
Wait…really?
Not the malaria and measles that pervade society
we have the vaccinations for?
Not the dysentery and water poisoning
we would have expected from the Middle Ages?
Not the blatant injustices in our governments,
In our work places, in our social stratification,
In our minds?
What does it take?
110 kilovolts, 320 milliamps,
for 96 milliseconds.
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