The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long and Bends Toward Conflation

This poem was inspired by reflection on the commonalities between civilian casualties of war and those bereaved suicide. The use white space in symbolizes threshold encountered after sudden death a loved one, particularly when violence, especially self-directed is involved. speaker cannot find meaning so much death, movement away from right margin, anchor loss, disorienting dissociating. frozen threshold, unable to flee; like civilians zones, very experiencing posttraumatic stress.