in the dark

the news
is the same.
not good.
nothing changes.
the time
the date, the location.
people
can't stop
being people.
doing what they
do to one
another, over love
or hate,
religion
or politics, or
a wire
gone bad.
we are all dodging
bullets
these days,
dancing
in the dark, keeping
the shades
down, the phone
off the hook.