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# The Fog of Anger
- URL: https://www.andyposner.org/the-fog-of-anger/
- Published: 2021-11-20T20:10:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-15T05:03:02.000Z
- Description: At what time the fog took over, I do not know: I was, if not sleeping, attempting to, tossing and turning like a Heron's wing, lost in fog.
- Author: Andy
- Tags: Be The Change, poetry, #Migrated-1784090317409, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-15 04:39

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At what time the fog took over, I do not know:  
I was, if not sleeping, attempting to, tossing  
and turning like a Heron's wing, lost in fog.

Fog clings to the hillsides like grime, like rust,  
like coffee dregs, like piss on porcelain, like anger  
on the heart: Who will scrub the world clean?

The fog is so thick, my son cannot see the soccer field,  
grows angry, cries, demands to go home. We go home  
and learn to count time: How long until the sun comes out?

I am not as angry as I should be, or content. It is neither  
dark nor light, a purgatory of waiting. A young man fires  
bullets at the fog: Who will atone for the Heron's demise?

I can give my son a jacket, take a bullet, confront the fog  
so he doesn't have to. But how to shield him from this anger?  
When the fog lifts, everyone, right or wrong, will take credit.

The day grows hotter. Flies sweat, as do trigger-fingers.  
One misstep these days can kill you. Surely there is more  
to aspire to than martyrdom? Look at the circling birds!

They eye us warily, with curiosity. They have had to adapt  
to our anger, to learn to live with it better than we do.  
Tomorrow I’ll have them explain their system of justice.

Earthbound, how do I escape the algorithms that stoke, reward  
anger? We are commodities, eyeballs, data points. To still my  
nerves, I swat at the fog, blame it for this and that injustice.

The fog is more than metaphor. Cars crash, ships run aground,  
friends mistake friends for enemies. Then the fog lifts and  
we face ourselves, guns drawn, hands shaking with fear.