Tallies

It seems to be about numbers.

A thousand killed. Twelve hundred killed. As if that’s what keeps us tuned in.

Numbers. Death tolls.

It’s a thousand lives, twelve hundred lives. Human lives.

We all only get one shot. How dare someone intentionally cut that short?

The networks play it up, highlight the losses with the trace of a smile on their faces? It must be hard for someone thousands of miles away to really take the whole tragedy seriously.

It’s about clicks and viewership, not so much about the unimaginable fear and staggering loss.

Humans are animals, too.