Out There, In the Real World
Check the news like it’s a Muslim prayer schedule, only to find panic, hopes, frustration. Yet you’re no nearer the headlines tomorrow that read:
Truth Beyond Politics
“This is an historic day.”
Headlines roar through printers, quicker, for faster news, not better. Say:
Life Beyond What We Print
Yet seasons are forgotten unless it’s baseball, football, or political and Christmas is become elections that begin earlier each year,
grow brighter each year,
increase grander each year,
and people cheer:
Red! White! Blue!
And the papers roll, black ink over pages, and all any of it reads:
These Are Untruths
Hands passing secrets under fine table tops hoist in their other hands cables, then, Hark! The herald papers roll:
Stocks Fall, Money Meaningless!
And buses disappear around vine-covered high-rises, sidewalks crack by seedlings, newspapers compost for tree roots, and words claim:
[Your Line Here]
but the article never draws a conclusion,
so everyone waits to see how their favorite cartoon considers the idea.
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