Two huge holes sunk five years in the ground <br />A cornerstone is fashioned, left unmoved <br />The emptiness of compromised reply <br /> <br />The funeral of an Afghan governor <br />A bomber kills himself and seven more <br />The deadly chains of multiplying hate <br /> <br />Two sari'ed women talk while eating cakes <br />Beside a bakery counter in Chennai <br />Diabetes spreads among the upper class <br /> <br />A family cooks by flashlit dark in Gaza <br />Lighting candles when the batteries fail <br />Negotiators dance, until the power returns <br /> <br />Senators wrestle their provisions <br />For men four years in cages without trial <br />Plain facts lie obscured on marble floors <br /> <br />The wounded wombs, the gashes in men's hearts <br />Cannot be known or viewed in front page pictures <br />Daily, they require a look inside.<br /><br />Frank Bana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/front-page-pictures-new-york-times-11-15-september-2006/
