Upon hearing the news that Kitty Genovese’s killer was denied parole for the infinitesimal time, the
Upon hearing the news that that Kitty Genovese’s killer was denied parole for the infinitesimal time, the murder committed back then (1964) long before the man bull awakened in his Crete like cave off the Aegean Sea. The Minotaur fought out his interior battle to deny any enlightenment, his fortress a brutalmetaphor for man’s inhumanity to man, the “Red Badge of Courage” playing out.
II
First, Kitty Genovese ‘s screams awakened her Queens like neighbors in the City that never sleeps, but not a head turned on those pillows. 911 not yet a Thomas Edison Benjamin Franklin dial tone for an emergency.
Surreal?
“He’s my brother,” said the Colonel medico, rendering assistance to the Filipinos in the midst of their typhoon 24-54hours ago.
A bullying like sadistic murder, assaulting all of us. Those in and outside the cave, the Minotaur reaping his ferocity on aninnocent screaming Kitty.
So her neighbors back then in Queens sat on their hands. “Why get involved? Don’t know her. It’s La Dolche vita” playing out…original sin..
Iii
Another Kitty bites the dust because of lethargy and tolerating frailty, submitting to a human perishing because of indifference and apathy.
A half century later, those of us grasping the denial of parole to Kitty’s murderer , hid assault is an assault on all of us..
IV
In the meantime the underlying bullying and brutality of another human going cyber space…the cultural malaise among theMiami Dolphins locker room banter and the” on line” impact, two larger than life players bring their word play to the surface,the Minotaur shaken up but still into his aggressive taunt onHumanity..
V
A mobile football quarterback, retired Green Bay legend, Bret Favre says “If I had a son , I wouldn’t favor Pop Warner football for him. “Even my memory is being and becoming shoddy. All those blitzes, tackles , hits. Concussions. .. Pop Warner never!.
“Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s………you name it,” said the immortal, making a frontal blitz on the Minotaur stance inhis cave on the island of Crete, off the Aegean Sea…..
The City that never sleeps, November 16, 2013
