I clicked on thumbnail after thumbnail of news items

Image after colorful image, news rolling

I couldn’t find it

 

I clicked, clicked, clicked news feed after news feed

Googled the top rated, the worst, the best

I couldn’t find it

 

I took my computer apart and jammed my fingers into the motherboard

I smashed the router and rammed my head into its smoking remains

I couldn’t find it

 

I ran to my car down the street and over the gray cable junction box

From the wreckage, I ripped out the fiber optic cable, jammed it into my chest

I couldn’t find it

 

On Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Holiday, on Dr. King Day I had off from work

In the news feeds, I looked all day for a thumbnail photo of Dr. King

I couldn’t find it