Browsing through
my local paper
to catch up with the news,
some of the stories
are written to amuse.
Alongside a picture
of a politician
convicted of tax evasion
are ones of families
celebrating some occasion.
The front-page headline
warns of a shortage of houses
while inside
there’s a colour piece on
businessmen and their spouses.
They try to be honest
but stories about
poor people don’t sell,
for we do not like to think
that all is not well.
