the first part is easy
for raw material
i just need to pay attention to the news
once or twice a week
i can easily find something
to be outraged about
i have to keep at this.
it turns out, unfortunately
you can only be outraged
about one thing for so long
before people start asking
uncomfortable questions
about solutions
and participation ...
so you need a new outrage
every other month or so
the next part is more difficult
because i have to begin to be outraged
very early in the outrage cycle
so that people know i am
informed and not just
jumping on the bandwagon
but if i am outraged too early
i might end up outraged about
something no else else cares about
the image i am trying to craft
is someone who has a rich full life
which has now been interrupted
by this outrage, which makes this
outrage particularly important
my best bet at this point
is to be vaguely outraged
ask people to be concerned about the victims
and register a generic disdain
for a world which could allow
such a thing to happen
then begins the real work
honing, polishing, sharpening, curving ...
a truly nuanced outrage
is a beautiful thing
it lets everyone know
how thoughtful i am
when the thing about which
i am developing outrage
is something which i either have done
or do, or benefit from
it is especially important
to be correctly outraged
to keep myself from being implicated
here's a pro tip, if this happens to you
find the best writing you can
about this outrage
and disagree with it slightly
implying that you are just
slightly better than the best
writer to write on this subject
i am super excited
about this new disaster
this new thing that i have noticed
that i can be righteously upset about
the glorious meta outrage ...
being outraged about
people who spend their whole lives
being outraged at everything
this outrage is so scandalously perfect
that i may not need another new outrage
ever again
maybe this
can be the last outrage
this one will be enough
i will never have to wonder
what an outrageous love
might lead me to do
or become