Switching Shoes

From the Tarot of the Absurd, the Five of Coins; from the Post-psychedelic Cyberpunk, the Wizard:

Your actions are indeed your responsibility, but whose fault is injustice and malchance?

~Jessica Rose Shanahan

          We see them frequently at road intersections and outside stores, holding cardboard signs that request food or money. Do we pretend not to notice them or judge them as lazy slugs or con artists? Shanahan has switched shoes on the people in her card, perhaps suggesting that we try on someone else's shoes before we dismiss them. Unfortunately most folks prefer the Wizard's approach - to manipulate reality. This spin doctor is great at setting up prisms that create rainbows and distract us from what is factual. A good example was the meme on Facebook that said the homeless weren't affected by Covid, so it must not be as bad as people were making it out to be. The reality is that if a homeless person dies, they'd just be stuffed in a body bag and buried in a pauper's grave; no one would worry about the how or why.  Since we can't change the truth, maybe we can change the eyes and heart that see it.