When Sympathy becomes Empathy - July 7, 2024

Gary Hunter
Jul 5, 2024
1 min read

suddenly

I was no longer the burger flipper

but the meat itself

sizzling above the coals

empathy is a whole other

level of heat that burns

I can only imagine those

that stay on the grill too long

the shriveling

the charring

the waiting to see

how much is salvageable

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