Today they're pulling the settlers out of Gaza, <br />people whose strong beliefs in their Destiny <br />won't stop the bulldozers now at their front doors, <br /> <br />and a 23 year-old copy editor at the CHRONICLE <br />has cancer that's spread to her brain a little. <br />She writes about her struggle on the front page. <br /> <br />11,000 people have applied for 400 jobs <br />at a new Wal-Mart in Oakland; <br /> <br />Down in Texas the lady <br />who lost her son in the war <br />is still trying to meet with the President. <br />He met with her last June, but called her 'mom' <br />all the way through the interview, <br />I wouldn't like that either. <br /> <br />The pain of the day's news <br />is almost too much to bear <br />as I sip my coffee, try to find room <br />for the world in my heart, <br /> <br />and wonder how long my own life <br />will keep flowing along like a peaceful river.<br /><br />Max Reif<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/august-17-2005/
