I am a slow reader. For me, reading is a somatic experience so it can take me a while to digest poetry, prose, and news. While I stay informed, I refuse to consume news the way mainstream media feeds it to me. Especially when it comes to human conflict where we see too many dehumanizing images, statistics, and reports of increasing numbers of civilian ‘casualties,’ a numbing military term derived from the Latin
This is so difficult to write about. Thank you for doing so in such a beautiful, tender way.
So beautifully written and stated...thank you