[Newspoetry] reports are coming in...

[John Newmark]

Reports are coming in
saying the infamous
wax statue of Arafat
is dead, in a coma, or in the ICU
the reports are conflicting.

Regardless, it looks possible
someone will soon take his place.
The Devil you know versus the Devil you don't...
A question familiar to many Americans.

Other reports are saying
Ashcroft's DC days
are on the wane.

Don't get your hopes up.
It's not Dubya deciding 
to dump the evangelists
now he no longer needs them.
Ashcroft wants to return to Missouri.

As a Missourian, this scares me.
But perhaps he can do less harm here.

-- 
John Newmark
gavroche at gmail.com