Shattering

...Alice paused, picked up a vase with both hands,
and threw it on the floor. What delight, what release in its shattering.
—The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis

How many people reach the point of frustration and want to simply drop something and listen to it shatter—dislocate from its original state?

Maybe the people who have lost their jobs and can't find employment.

Maybe the children of illegal immigrants who were born here and find themselves in a state of suspended animation.

Maybe it's any one of us who look at all that needs to be done and can't figure out why there's so much arguing in our government.