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