Sensitivities Have Been Numbed

It's incredible,
How the inevitable can be there glaring...
As those fixed into routines will not notice.

It is incredible,
How people can line up in front of a hotdog stand...
And ignore those homeless with nothing to eat,
Sitting on the street right behind them.

It's incredible how sensitivities have been numbed.
In a second one can express an empathy.
And in the next,
Have none.

Although argue with a vendor people do,
Over the price of added condiments.
It is incredible how people accept their selfishness,
With a relishing of mustard and onions to spread.

'You have any change for a hotdog? '

~Sorry.
I only have two twenties in my pocket.~

'Did You hear that, Father? '

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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