Few Words

Today, Bush, I have few words for you. The previous owner of our new house moved out yesterday, so this afternoon we get to see it empty for the first time. We're in suspense. Meantime, our old house remains unsold. From Utah, cheering news: a little boy is found alive and well after four days in the wilderness. From Mississippi, news that Edgar Ray Killen was convicted (of manslaughter!) in the deaths of those three brave young civil rights workers, so long ago. Manslaughter! They couldn't come up with murder? Still, I suppose we need to be grateful for what we can get. In Washington, you greet the prime minister of Vietnam in the White House. Amazing! And in Iraq, many more people die.

A full moon, square
over the city. Impatient,
I wait.