None can realize civil rights
with civil injustices as King stalwartly
said. One's value in society
has nothing to do with melanin
or global origin but
the invisible person of the heart
showing up by behavior.

The emphasis on external physical features
reveals a superficial culture devolving
into barbarism. Yet, knowledge
is increasing as Daniel said it would:
Consider the dawning of AI 
and commuter space
travel.

Yet, a spiky micron ball
can hatch the world into
a frenzy with a darkened science pretending
to have an answer that is, at best, 
half-baked.
Such is the state of affairs 
into the 2020s.