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“Manos found guilty
Jury convicts Ithaca woman of murder, abuse of niece, 2”

Life recovers.
But not completely.
Wounds heal into scars, sometimes beautiful scars.
But not always.

When we despair of life’s cruelty,
life’s kindness is not a sufficient answer,
nor is a secret Order of things.
But simply: life exists,
scarred and broken as it is.
The only planet free of pain
is a planet desolate of life.

A desire for no-pain, for safety,
for baby girls not to be raped and destroyed,
is a desire for things not to be as they are.

Yet,
without that desire,
what would we be?
What use is compassion
without the desire to protect?

A desire to feed, clothe, teach, protect, and love
all children
everywhere
is
crazy
and
deluded
and
doomed to painful disappointment
and
 essential