Broadcast Journalism
by Paul Handley

Pretty female birds attract
killers to their nests and make
Them dull as sparrows.
Leaving the males to preen.
The more handsome getting
A mate, leaving a pretty gene
That as was mentioned is
Fatal to the female, therefore
A plain handsomeness for
Both genders perpetuated
Since a stunning male wants
A female that approximates
His level of attractiveness.
When they die and their souls
Become human, they
Gravitate toward anchoring
The local news.

 

PAUL HANDLEY spent a career as a student and a student of odd jobs. He has an MA, an MPA, and is ABD. He has driven a cab and sold meat door-to-door. Paul has work included or forthcoming in Anemone Sidecar, Apollo's Lyre, Boston Literary Magazine, Ophelia Street, and others.

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