cruelty irreconcilably amicable who's to know from where it does or doesn't stem, or if it stems anymore or doesn't, but, in the end, can you even blame your enemy? 040825 ... gja Now. Quickly. Try this without checking. Does it imply intent? And if so how far back does intent go? Or is the lack of a manifest current intent worse? Is it just unthinking, and therefore almost second nature? Given opportunity for reflection is it possible that this way is worse? What if we cannot even blame a momentary lack of reason? Well then, maybe cruelty is nature number one? Maybe this is most horrid? Maybe it is malevolent? The world seems to think so. Most blame is levelled at those for whom it seems cruelty is most innate. Maybe they require our pity rather than our disgust. How often do we ask: how is it thus? Maybe rationality is beyond them? Maybe it is beyond us? Maybe there is no them and us? We wont ever know whilst we are so cruel. 101018 ... tender square the pink swatter slaps siding, its gingham grid whooshing air: a crane fly falls, limbs spinning to land on ledge, where it wheezes there like a motor that can’t quite turn over. i watch it struggle as i sip tea. 210809 what's it to you? who go blather from