Evening at Home

Father and child discuss
The problems of human
Groupishness and agree

The only hope would be
To soften boundaries,
Bring down the temperature.

It’s not in their natures,
It would seem, to dream cures
Or crave Apocalypse.

Maybe it could be less
Absurdly violent,
If terminology

And identities could
Be a bit more porous.
It’s all amiable

Between the two of them.
What happens when they meet
Someone who disagrees?