What do you Read when you Open the Newspaper? Jan. 8, 2025

sports   obituaries and weather

that’s my curiously shallow search

of the news

who scored how many points

who died

what do I wear today

the quicker I put that down

the faster I get back to mulling

I’m a big muller   usually about

similarities in our obvious differences

my interest is to pull each of us

inside out and hold a candle to that

what’s to hide if our insides

look and act oddly the same

secrets always make headlines

have you noticed?

maybe that’s why I pass by

most news and head for some

early morning trivial honesty

before I head to the unprintable

those liquid mirrors of you and I