News!
Spread like wildfire,
Ate their hearts,
Corrupted their minds,
Distracted their spirits,
Made it
ALL
SO
IMPORTANT
TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEWS!
Drumming
Thrumming
Keep on coming
Banging
Crashing
Beating
Eating
NEWS!
On the hour
NEWS!
Shout it on the streets
NEWS!
Everywhere
NEWS!
Before bed,
At the table
NEWS!
As they slept,
To be chewed over
NEWS!
To be discussed,
To worry about
NEWS!
On a Sunday,
Spitting and churning,
NEWS!
Chopping and weaving,
Hoodwinking, deceiving,
NEWS!
Battering, crying,
NEWS!
Flattering, lying,
NEWS!
Destroying, remoulding,
NEWS!
Corroding, corrupting,
NEWS!
All-changing, attention holding,
NEWS!
Filling the air between molecules
Atoms
Electrons
NEWS!
Processed
Filtered
Redirected
NEWS!
Noted
Analysed
Logged, computed,
NEWS!
Was me breathing
Your fart
Their row
Her thoughts
His dreams
Their hopes
Their despair
NEWS!
Was Everywhere
Too much
Overpowering
Disorientating
Dementing
NEWS!
Destroyed
Took
Numbed
Dumbed down
Defeated
NEWS!
Pervaded
Invaded
Intruded
Excluded
NEWS!
Described
Suffocated
Dislocated
NEWS!
Has to be STOPPED
NEWS!
Has to be STOPPED !
NEWS!
Has to be STOPPED!
NEWS!
– has to be –
STOPPED!
There now – that’s better –
I can almost think again.
NEWS!!!!!!
2002?
This is a poem about the insane world of 24 hour non-stop news, where even no news at all becomes news.
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