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Too Much and Not Enough

A poem

By Leslie WritesPublished 9 months ago • Updated 9 months ago • 1 min read
Top Story - February 2026
Too Much and Not Enough
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Sometimes there are too many assholes to argue with

Too much brutality to be brave

Too much chaos to be clever

Too much distraction to be determined

Too much evidence to endure

Too much fascism to fight

Too much grief to go on

Too much hate to hope

Too much incompetence to be inspired

Too much judicial bias to get justice

Too much killing to keep the faith

Too much loss to let love lead

Too much mistrust to march

Too many Nazis to knock out

Too much oppression to overthrow

Too many pedophiles to put in prison

Too much quiet to question

Too much rage to resist

Too much sadness to stand up

Too much trauma to transcend

Too much urgency to unite

Too much violence to vote

Too much war to bear witness

Too many extremists to exile

Too late to wonder why

It won't be easy

But we must try!

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Leslie Writes

Another struggling millennial. Writing is my creative outlet and stress reliever.

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