A poem by Joseph Fasano. Prepare your heart before reading.
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This reminds me of the movie, Life is Beautiful. It's a must see that will have you crying your eyes out.

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I am crying my fucking eyes out right now. >.<

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Wow, you're right... "prepare your heart before reading." Ouch

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To all the imperial and armchair pacifists out there: You might wanna print this, so that you have it at hand for your kids, when putinruZZia or whatever imperialst fuckhead crosses your country's border.

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"A poem by Joseph Fasano. Prepare your heart before reading."

HOW?

@jeffowski That film is among the heartbreaking events/things that came to my mind too.
@jeffowski I suppose one way to prepare the heart for this searingly poignant & heart-wrenching poem is to try to render it unbreakable by being unresponsive to another’s anguish. But then it wouldn’t be a truly human(e) heart; compassionate, empathetic, & tender.
“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world
without being saddened very often.”
~Erich Fromm
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Reminds me of the lockdown drills we had to do when I was a high school teacher.