Newspaper Scanners

We mill around
Like flies upon rotten jungle carcass
Or, like curious countrymen and women
Round a fresh murder scene
Glimpse of a headline to catch
‘Politician A accused of this’
‘Man Kills Self and Family’
Our reading appetite
In that chilly Nairobi morning
Is satisfied.
We continue to steal more glances
Upon the array of different publications
‘Inflation drives child to Madness’
‘Activists arrested over Demo’
Our time is limited
I steal way from the crowd, and
rush to my destination.
But more newspaper scanners
More and more
Broke citizens of the nation
Who get informed by just a scan
Will flock to the scene
To catch a glimpse of the headline.