I’M NOT REALLY WATCHING ANY NEWS
Couldn’t you just undress
the news lady slinked up
in her sleeveless shift,
the outline of her little tummy
cuteness. Am I a sex fiend?
Ignore my obsession.
I don’t want to undress
the weatherman
yet.
Although, upholstered
in his blue suit
he’s adorable
pointing to what looks like
a tourniquet
to hold back rain,
wound of a cloud tied up.
The limp drought of itself.
I’M NOT REALLY WATCHING ANY NEWS by Cathryn Shea
Cathryn Shea's second full-length poetry collection is "Ghost Matinee" ( 2025). Her first is "Genealogy Lesson for the Laity" (both with Unsolicited Press). A Best of the Net nominee, Cathryn's poetry has been widely anthologized and has appeared in Rust + Moth, Poet Lore, Quiddity, Gargoyle, and extensively elsewhere. Cathryn is a fourth-generation northern Californian living with her family in Fairfax, CA. See www.cathrynshea.com
