8 hours ago
With the volume off, I watch
the presenters bow their heads
like preening swans on the lake.
They might be talking about crime
the rise in obesity, or maybe
the price of steel. I wonder
if the news was on when
the bomb fell? Whether
in those last splashless moments
the calm was illusory
like the bleached shadows on the trees?
the presenters bow their heads
like preening swans on the lake.
They might be talking about crime
the rise in obesity, or maybe
the price of steel. I wonder
if the news was on when
the bomb fell? Whether
in those last splashless moments
the calm was illusory
like the bleached shadows on the trees?