A Litany of Our Folly

There was another senseless bombing in Ireland, and one in the Near East.  On the same day captives were taken in the Mediterranean and violence erupted in South Africa.  In Central America two wars are reluctant to end, and the president is annoyed by prospects of a peace not fashioned according to the dictates of his fear.  There is concern we may spend less on weapons, for this world and on into space, as though weapons could protect us against our own deceits and rage.  They are headlines, a litany of our folly.  These sadly were yesterday's headlines as well, and last year's.  Sadder still, they may be tomorrow's and might still seem like news in years to come.