when children are dying

how can you play video games when children are dying?

how can you watch light entertainment when children are dying?

for that matter…

how can you make music when children are dying?

how can you travel the world when children are dying?

how can you play baseball, attend gallery openings, hoist a pint,

eat breakfast, commute to work, go out on a date,

do your laundry, sweep the sidewalk, take a bath

or read this very writing when children are dying?

for that matter…

how can you spend hours in a navel-gazing funk

over the tragic truth of children dying

when the day-to-day task of living demands attention?

will it prevent children from dying?

04/07/2008