A Much More Interesting Day

We’re growing very slowly.  “Hip hooray,”
Or “harbinger of woe” are both declared,
Depending on the speaker, unimpaired
By any other context.  Yesterday
Was not a day containing weighty news.
Today is very different.  Chen is blind,
Abused and beaten, guarded, and confined
Within his home for holding many views
That many find offensive in Beijing.
They’d rather not he freely talk about
The government’s abuses.  He is out,
And from the US embassy is bring-/ing
To the fore his long and weary fight.
I’m checking on the news again tonight.