Larry Schug, In Light Of

Larry Schug
IN LIGHT OF

The same day
I saw a photo
of an old grandma
pushing an old grandpa
out of Sarajevo
in a wheelbarrow
my boss
bought a Lincoln Continental
about a block long
to transport
his over-the-belt belly
the twelve blocks
between his home and office.
I really didn’t feel like riding
my bike twelve miles
to work and back today.
I could’ve driven;
but I felt a need
for self-righteousness,
misplaced, though it was,
in light of an old grandma
pushing an old grandpa
out of Sarajevo
in a wheelbarrow.