(And then there's) Homework

you're going
to make me work
for it

I know you are

we all want it
sooner and faster

some will wait
some will work

to know you have it
possibly available

should be enough

to hold off
the hunger of impatience.

No news is good news

today as I watched
the lonely eyes
of the church choir

I wondered if
they had been given
the opportunity
to believe

that what
they were participating in
isn't true