There were at least 10 really great things that happened yesterday,

not even that far from your front door.

They were truly wonderful,

and would have brought tears to your eyes,

but there was no blood or violence,

there was no one shouting racial slurs,

and there were no crazy politicians

trying to grab the news by its ……

So they never made the news.

If you had been outside walking,

you may have seen at least one of them.

If you were not looking at your screen while driving,

you may have seen another.

If you talked with your neighbor,

they may have told you of 2 more.

If you had walked to your local store,

stead of driving all the way across town,

you would have seen 2 more.

If you had walked into your local school,

you would have seen 2 more.

Then finally,

if you had listened to your child at diner,

stead of refreshing that dam app,

you would have seen at least 2 more.

And those last two,

those last two,

were the sweetest one’s all day.

 

© words and picture by Dan DeMarle 2017

Picture – students at the School of the Arts performing community service pause for a picture in front of the Arnett Library.