ORDINARY HYSTERIA

Crying woman on convenience store floor

Customers quietly checking out 

Avoiding the elephant in the room

Man screaming, yelling at you

For pausing too long in front

Of his house checking directions

Woman forgetting her change

As she leaves the store

Engulfed in grief over her

Dead soldier son

Day in and day out

For years on end now

Paranoia as common

As the clouds in the sky

Kept well primed by

The ever expanding media