by Sandra Beckmeier

I have been to Boston
I remember one woman
who wrote for the paper

she was issued,
as they were issuing
I guess someone wanted to see that
she would be finished in the eye of the
      public

a by-product of the de-facto imagination of
      info-tainment

still
I've made mistakes like these
I am white
and I am lucky in America
I have opportunity and I am blessed.

I had this argument once by myself
I said how is she supposed to write
about things which are supposed to be written when hanging off the side
around the corner
maybe at the coffee bar
are the creators of post-mortum relation-
      ships.

because
all the people
who read up...

human life is well misunderstood
there are those who write
those who buy paper in bulk
and those who throw them away when the
      hero doesn't win.