CNN

the news was just
attractive women in pantsuits
against a backdrop of monitors
explaining
how one can earn five hundred dollars
selling sports memorabilia
and jewelry
collecting dust
in the closet
on ebay
on amazon

but their accent-free cadence
the space they occupied in the frame
reminded me
that somewhere
is a bomb
a starving person
a drug mule
a virus taking shape
water torture
something that could make our
bubbled existence
thrift store oddities
sunglasses
giggling
farting
misadventures
seem quite silly
quite dwarfed