how fatigued human nature is,
and how unready we are to listen,
and how willing we are to settle for lies.
power must know
that, ultimately,
we would rather not know.
given how things proceed,
that the world was better made
for the perpetrator
than for those who arrive after the fact,
seeking justice, or accountability, or truth.
such attempts as pathetic, and yet
the bereaved, the witness, the investigator
and the chronicler
cannot but try to make reason
of the diabolical mess.
hisham matar,
the return.
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