You read the paper.

You skip page one.

You know what will be there.

But your neighbor comes,

smiling like the night before.

Escaping smiles needs a gun or the moon,

or times when an orange box enters ears.

His dog follows,

a paper in its mouth,

a reflection turned to you.

"Brave" marks the optimism

of past admirers.

You realize that the Trojan

had a better chance of life.

It was reflecting the truth inside.