Moonbrain

Plodding home from school one day
I noticed my neighbor hunched over in pain.
I thought to give aid but he scurried away
while I stood there and realized I don't know his name-

And suddenly I'm weeping over a middle-class white guy
cooped up in his house and convinced that it's fine
So quiet and boring he wasn't worth knowing
I cried because his eyes were like mine.

How did such a smart people become so dumb?
Trading our hearts to buy more distraction,
it's clear now that our thoughtless action
has made us comfortably numb.