sometimes news turns
a poem of headlines and hope
Published in
Jan 9, 2021
sometimes news turns
in an instant
yesterday’s head-
lines grow distant
ㅤㅤnew phrases come
ㅤㅤold ones depart
ㅤㅤlanguage rolls on
ㅤㅤlike a flip chart
election fraud
twitter storm
echo chamber
misinform
ㅤㅤhollow echoes
ㅤㅤof recent past
ㅤㅤgive way to the
ㅤㅤnew slang at last
insurrection
riot, treason
twenty-fifth
amendment
reason
ㅤㅤcongressional
ㅤㅤunity —
ㅤㅤorder
ㅤㅤcontinuity
bridging divides
looking ahead
putting nutjob
rumors to bed
ㅤㅤwake-up news flash
ㅤㅤborn of violence
ㅤㅤbully pulpit
ㅤㅤfades to silence
capitol mall
sprouting clover —
long, national
nightmare over?
inspired in part by Bebe’s First Action
for those who like Easter egg hunts, I hid a reference to a Shins song, and a line from Pres. Gerald Ford’s swearing in speech from 1974, after Nixon resigned
