[Soaring Feather]

Afternoon to you.

I meant to do my work today, too,
I have truly tried
the horror of today's news
has left me stupefied.

It's a lovely day today
the sun is shining bright
leaves of red on the ground
all within my sight.

The cobwebs have been swept away,
when the sun shines I can see them
the trash hauled out, the papers bagged
for next recycle day, in my tidying up the manse.

The brother stopped round for coffee
on his daily rounds
Today's errands for him included selling,
quilt tickets for the church.
I bought six of them, sure hope I can win
the black and red scrappy quilt will sure look
great in someone else's den.

I hope my words do not depress a reader on this thread,
but I must express the world I see, is in a awful mess.

Now I must move on to do some chores before the day is gone
A walk in my back yard will do for a change of scenery
a warm sun beam or two, on my face today.

[Lady Jag]

The new school shooting is the bad news you refer to? I haven't caught all the news lately, but it seems the quickest copy-cat crime to be repeated that I ever remember. Did they get today's guy dead or alive? I'll have to take a look . . .