Wednesday, July 08, 2020

I Can’t Watch the News

Every night it leads the same:
The muggings, the murders,
The scandals, the floods.
Tragedy always the head of the game.
Quick to the scene
At the first sight of blood.
And though the excuses
Might be loose and lame
The sponsors insist that they
Scrape through the mud
To find the despicable,
Drag them to fame and
Drop them on me with a
Thump and a thud.
Now, don’t get me wrong,
We all must be informed
When trouble surround us
We need to be warned.
But spare the sensations
When you blow the horn
And just give us facts
Without all the forlorn.
Keep me abreast, yes,
But please, skip the ruse.
Otherwise, I simply
Cannot watch the news.

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