Blurt on Today

Today Jude Fernando explained
why micro lending in Bangladesh
and Sri Lanka
doesn't empower women
or change the infrastructure
to alleviate poverty.
Today the Dalai Lama
said he would resign
if the violence continues
in Lasa.
Today a Black woman
with several sick children
who call her cell phone
when she is trying
to learn history
cheated on my exam
and got caught.
I said please drop the course
and I won't tell.
Today I felt the wind
blow right through me;
there was no one there
to stop it.