The Morning News

The morning news fills me with

information I will not need, that

is unless the names I hear include

me. And that, my friends, is highly

unlikely.

Oh, it has happened once or twice

in my 70-plus years of life. There

was an apartment fire several months

ago, and the TV interview on the local

news which ensued.

I did get to talk about the inferno

which burned most of my possessions.

But, as fortune would have it, I did

manage to escape with my two dogs

and my life.

Then there was another time years

ago when I was featured on an expose’

about artists and their work. One might

say that that was my slice-of-life fifteen

minutes of fame.

But today, a late October, Midwestern

day, I am content that the morning TV

news does not include mention of me

in any way. As far as the print media

is concerned, I hereby humbly submit...

the absense of my name in the obituaries

is my last best claim to fame.

Chris Hanch 10-24-17