Aug 6th-Aug 9th

I thought I’d be used to it after
15 years, the angry stares that
hold a little longer on those days.

Even though those old enough
to have lived it are almost gone
TV keeps it alive for the young.

I want to say,

“The decision was Truman’s 35
years before I was born. Maybe I
would have found a different way.”

But I don’t say anything. Just bury
my face deeper in my smartphone.
There’s no half-life on that kind of
pain.