# HATE

By [The Late Bloomin’ Author](https://paragraph.com/@tlba) · 2023-01-17

poetry, prose

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Who are We to hate today?  
Women, Men…  
The Russians?  
Ukraine?  
Tell us all in your splashy headlin-ey way.  
Who do We despise today?

Is it This politician, or That?  
Or the homeowner’s Stasi  
Saying your doorknob’s too brassy—or something like that;  
So much distraction of late, so  
Tell us  
Who did We not yet hate?

Delivering nonsense with zeal  
To an audience barking like   
Clapping seals, and  
Guests who should know better too;  
Then a sigh of relief when  
The cancel crew didn’t pick You.  
  
Yesterday’s news now  
Just minutes away  
Forgotten before the end of the day;  
Then tomorrow,  
Reminded we all are again  
Of everything that really should stay in the bin.  
  
It’s exhausting…I’m ready so  
Beam me up now!  
Far, far away from the ignorant cows  
Their minions mincing like baying hounds;  
In their wake though  
The sane left to wonder, irate  
  
Is it You now, or Me? or  
Some other, others to hate?  
Confused yet?  Me too.  
Wake me when Love arrives; She’s with that Peace.  
They appear to be running late.

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*Originally published on [The Late Bloomin’ Author](https://paragraph.com/@tlba/hate)*