life’s not fair.

that's what she told me

as a child, following the chorus

of complaint, "that's not fair!"

one of children punished equally -

what one of us did, we all bore together.

it struck me as cruel, then.

but now I wonder if maybe

she was trying

to prepare us for the world -

a world where one person,

president or politician

can fuck it all up

and the rest of us

are left to face the consequence.

~i am my brother's keeper.~