Another Day

Another Day

showing at the skyline
slate dawn, somber world
shading me gray

A mistaken glance
at the headlines     torn
between need-to-know
and stupefaction    they’re 
assaulting what-where-who
in our cities, our states
yet there is no they

Only we—selling 
ourselves    betraying

Time to invite my dog
for a sniffwalk
I follow her nose— 
pungent pavement
basks in her finehewn
attention
then she moves on
this clump     that tree
she snaps at a bee
I’m grateful 
she misses