14 OCTOBER ALL POINTS OF THE COMPASS
ON THE RADIO
A SOFTLY SPOKEN ELDERLY MAN IS INCREASINGLY SHORT OF BREATH
THE MORE HE TALKS ABOUT HIS WIFE
DISPLACED BY DEMENTIA
NOW SEALED OFF FROM HIM
IN A CARE HOME
COUNCIL-RUN CARE HOMES WARNED TO EXPECT AGED COVID PATIENTS
OFF-LOADED FROM HARD-PRESSED HOSPITALS
ANOTHER HORRORSHOW
IN SLOW-MO?
NOTHING SLOW ABOUT AMY CONEY BARRETT
WHO NEEDS NOTES?
THE JUDGE DEFTLY DEFLECTS QUESTIONS
FROM SENATORS OPPOSING HER ELEVATION TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
HER INTONATION’S CLIPPED AS HER THINKING IS PRECISE
ONLY SOUND OF THE CHURCHGOING SOUTH
HER ENUNCIATION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD
‘LAW’ PRONOUNCED ‘LAR’
NORTHSOUTHEAST+WEST
K-POP FANS PREPARE FOR THE I.P.O. IN B.T.S.
NEVER MIND PROFIT MARGINS
THIS IS MILLION-STRONG LOVE
WISHING WE COULD ALL INVEST IN OURSELVES WISELY AND JOYOUSLY YOURS TRULY THE NEWS POET
