The Ultimate Phobia?

'Islamophobia' and 'Homophobia'
are two terms among many
whose very trendiness
I struggle to comprehend.

The ultimate phobia comes
from cursing someone as 'stupid',
and making an ineptly performed deed
the sum of of the person.

There we act out our fear
of rational argument by ignoring
the differences between people
which multiply the diversity of life.

To curse and do down the intelligence of another
is to reduce your own to brute insensitivity,
and to increase the burden the other carries
so that it includes your contempt.

Such contempt is a living death wish.