Conflating race indifference and hate with the dearth of O2 in India at the height of a pandemic surge… reminds me of how precious O2 really is.  And yet it is our most abundant resource.

Oxygen

Oxygen becomes precious
when it is needed most,
When breath is reduced to wheeze
by the maskless and closeness,
or by oppressive indifference.
When division ensures hate
consumes the air in the room,
to sell at a higher price.
They profit by mining
the abundant air and racism.
Few rule at the expense
of the many and profit
from what all need as
our minds become confused
due to lack of oxygen.