Beings to human beings?
Yes, when conditions are met.
Conditions vary a lot.
As a phrase, human being
Itself doesn’t always meet
With sufficient approval
To merit soft behaviors
And kind consideration.
There’s also a distinction
Between the honorifics
To designate one of us,
And the actual kindness
That may spontaneously
Be accorded to strangers.
Sometimes, a human being
Is an assumption questioned
Retrospectively. Sometimes,
Being a human being
Is mere opportunity
Other human beings seize.
Are humans nice to humans,
Sweet to their own kind, ready
To acknowledge their own kind
As such, without quarreling
Or contempt, without malice?
Yes, when conditions are met,
But it’s unpredictable,
Except in well-known contexts.
Contexts vary, don’t forget.
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