No News is...

For a while I've ignore

the all-day, every-day

news of fiscal cliffs and 

raped girls and football players who

get away with it on technicalities

and hurricane relief denials

after the water receded

I haven't intended

to disconnect but sometimes

no news is good for the soul

a fast from gorging on

the gore, and a retooling
for the next time
one has to face
the sadness

© Valerie Bridgeman
January 4, 2013