Sit on Bad News

I admit it. I do.

I also hide bad thoughts

I have about bad news,

Which is ridiculous

Since no one’s listening,

What with their own bad news.

I’ve been told to ignore

The Emptiness of things,

That I should be cheerful,

And I’ve been instructed

To know the Emptiness

Of things, to be more wise.

But I’ll neither ignore

Nor absorb Emptiness

Until I’ve never been.

Meanwhile, I’ll sit on it

And ruminate on it,

And answer, No, no news.