poems 2 rock your soul by Anderson Cooper

the left
the right
the black
the white
the careful
way a ballerina
lifts herself
onto her
toes
before a packed
house
and

the dualistic
nature of
nature
and
the necessity
and inevitability
of balance

yin
yang

and how this
relates to my
death-defying
hyper-sincere
wartime coverage
slash
on-the-scene
reporting at sites
of extremely
cinematic natural
disaster

buttressed against
my recent decision to
go spray-tanning
with snookie
for ratings