Marty Baron
By: Charles Giuliano - Sep 24, 2023
Marty Baron
Standing on line
Jacob’s Pillow
To enter for performance
Pushing the walker
Guy in front of me
Are you Marty Baron
That I am
May I take your picture
Fumbling for phone
False start no go
Awkward moment
He patient and perturbed
Cold aloof dude
Presence of power
Oh so close
Inches away
Legend of journalism
Globe and Post
Blurted out as plea
Groping for commonality
Not just dazed fanboy
I wrote for the Herald
Started out there
He volleyed back
As editor it seemed
Entered and saw the show
Ran into him after
Did not pass Go
Or collect $200
But got the shot
Pierced no armor
Nobody really gets in
Stoic to the max
So say critics
Of his new book
Collision of Power
Editor cast in stone
His Spotlight team
Brought down
Boston’s Diocese
Ecclesiastical disease
Pox on the Pope
Ousted Cardinal Lawless
Scurried off to Rome
Laying low in Curia
Power of the press
Made a holy mess
Poked hornet’s nest
Bless me father
For you have sinned