LIKE A LOVE LETTER

Like a love letter
from a better day,
a cheating partner,
sending fleeting metaphors for passion,
run off in duplicate
as he scours the internet
to prey on the lonely,
the Press -- oh, that lofty word --
the Press assures me 
all is well,
young soldiers doing all they can
to stay the loss of life.

In a ditch halfway around the world,
a bareboned dog is eating 
a dark-skinned child's severed leg,
and the Press -- oh, that lofty word --
the Press preserves no limb in photos,
lists no names,
writes another love letter,
scours the audience
for Trust,
the waver of tattered flags.
 
Somewhere a mole posts in triplicate:
God bless...

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Leigh Saavedra, formerly writing as "Lisa Walsh Thomas," is a lifelong poet and peace activist. Her recent collection of dissident essays and poems, "The Girl With Yellow Flowers in Her Hair" (Pitchfork Publishing, New Jersey). She welcomes feedback at her email address. .