Indignance

The tightly clenched jaw--grinding, constricted, stemming bile. The overwide Eyes--red, burning, tearing Manifest and scientific view Cosmic nihilism and virtue Those of a broader intelligence know that there is no distinction between the real And the unreal--affronts both actual and perceived and imagined Determinism and morality Reconciled by consciousness Product of circumstance That you must own Now it's time to list a name in the catalog of grievances. Pain and pain and pain Again sealed within a book, a thought, a fleeting memory. Pain and pain and pain Again crushed beneath a boot, a fist, a passing glance