today on your feed
war, injustice, eye cream on sale

latest trends, latest war
we all turn pale
scroll past both – pretend you care
like grief’s not yours if it’s distant if it’s there

prices rise faster than trees
politicians plant lies like seeds
people water every word
as if something good could grow from this at all

obsessed with collagen loss
and dead skin to peel
we don’t see dead families
their grief, we don’t feel

because after all
not our kids, not our fear
not our bombs, not our tears
not our time zone, not our war

click away
then buy some more

what’s next
get your nails done, paint them clean
buy a cruelty-free skin care routine
with a small fee added for the dream –
the fantasy of being morally clean

except
no matter how soft the cream
how pure it seems
our comfort

…isn’t