“How to Read the News” by Mary Lou Buschi (Poetry ’04)
Poetry alum Mary Lou Buschi’s poem, “How to Read the News,” was featured in Thimble Literary Magazine.
Read an excerpt below.
How to Read the News
by Mary Lou Buschi
I’m designated science teacher. I zoom out
on the NASA website to the other galaxies.
Then back to our milky way. One says, I hate that
candy. Another says, I can’t eat snickers—nuts.
Which sends us down a path of likes, dislikes,
what we fear. Of course, the moon doesn’t change.
Read the rest of the poem: How to Read the News
