News from the Universe
So, I’m looking at the front page of a newspaper.
At the bottom, there’s a picture of a woman
in dark clothes walking a snow-covered trail.
A high camera peers down at her through a dark
tracery of branches. The woman has just passed
four benches that look toward where she’s walked.
So a park, then, a winter walk in a park. The picture
is a long, thin rectangle, its center, the silhouette
of a black forked tree. Other stories on the page
seem trivial compared to this woman walking. I wonder
where she’s going and walk with her awhile.
As we stroll, I begin to understand that I want news
from the universe and it seems more to come from
this ad at the bottom of the page, than in the headlines.
by Nils Peterson
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