News!

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 in 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 despairs

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!

Had to be STOPPED

NEWS!

Had to be STOPPED !

NEWS!

Had to be STOPPED !-

NEWS!
- had to be -

STOPPED !

There now – that’s better -
I can almost think again.

NEWS!!!!!!

2002?