Local News
They wait here together on
the quiet one lane road
Open and receptive
To early morning visits
With papers freshly printed
eager to share local news of the week
Consumed slowly with coffee
Cheerful expectant boxes
Patiently waiting together in a row
at the moss covered shelter
As if they will someday
get to catch that bus
to see the source of the island news
for themselves, yet most days like today
My dog and I are the headlines
Right here in the quiet street
On the still yet unpaved road
Pausing to read the faces of day
Open and receptive to greet
As if they have nowhere else to be
As if making a connection with us
Is the most important moment of the day
As if there is no as if…
As the truth of this moment
is all the news
that is worth Heralding!
