the world (frantic)

the world (frantic)

“No, Mum. You’re not stupid. But life is unfair.”

Lisbeth Salander, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

the world was exactly as they expected

exactly as they knew it to be

and mostly not as it could have been

or should have been

spring was pretty much spring

and summer was pretty much summer

as was winter and tumbling fall

dawn was always dawn

and day was always day

as was dusk and certainly night

and while children starved

and women bled, battered and bruised

some men pondered over $5000 suits

and a different shirt and tie each day

all in all everyone frantically did everything they could

and of course they did nothing at all

the world was exactly as they expected

exactly as they knew it to be

and mostly not as it could have been

or should have been