THE GOOD NEWS

The Good News

By Paul Hostovsky

The good news is

you’re wrong-

About everything.

The bad news is

not what you thought.

The good news is

not what you thought.

That’s the good news.

And it’s greater

than you know.

And it’s greater

than you can imagine–

because you can’t imagine

being wrong about

everything. That’s why

the good news is

so unimaginable.

For starters, you’re wrong

about who you are–

about what you are,

and where you are,

and what you are doing,

and what you think is being

done to you. I don’t

know about you but

for some of us

that’s very good news.

I’m not what I thought.

You’re not what I thought.

You’re not what you thought

either. And neither is

your mother. You needn’t

figure it out. You needn’t

bother. You need do nothing

but plead ignorance

at every turn,

and keep returning,

keep opening

to the great

good news.