An unkind word
A push on the playground
A rageful child
Their vengeful victim
Words on paper
Shouted and flung
Eggs on cars
Paint on walls
Stones through windows
Barricades broken
Authority descends
Authority challenged
Marches turn violent
Justifying anger
Guns are fired
Lives are lost
Rockets demolish
Missiles eviscerate
Fires spread
Food depletes
Water transmutes to blood
Buildings crumble
Homes burn
Everywhere is fear
Disease
Death
All begun
With an unkind word
Image by Fadel Senna
