B37
Collective Memory
Excerpt from collection:Call it Awash: Stories and aphorisms.

if you can find tragedy in anything,

they’ll make a story about it and sell it
through whatever mediums possible.
empathy is a commodity;
it has tangible value.
be the first to find something to feel bad for,
and you’ll find some money for it.
the more painful the story,
the better the payout.
do you have pain to sell?
what are you waiting for

Ruth Crimson-Forde