News of the world
More spray than pitter-patter,
Soft drizzle on green leaves,
My own local weather news.
On window's right, Al Jazeera:
Niger coup, Colombia gangs,
China water-cannons Philippines.
Shiny, slippery, lush leaves,
Mossy paths, moist clean air,
But louder sounds of bombs
And brutes, exploding into
Headlines, sound-bytes. Far
Warning near of what can be.
One world, many worlds?
What can i say? Nothing
To make anyest difference.
Drizzle's stopped, as i write.
News drones on. Remote's
Too far for lazy, poetic me.
Sanjib Basu 