Morning News

Too much saccharine with my morning java...

Good morning, Brittany!

Good morning, Ted!

In the news today,

Eighty-seven are dead!

 

An inferno, an accident,

An attack unsurpassed…

Now here’s Joe

With the weather forecast!

 

Thanks, Brittany!  Today,

There’ll be clouds with some sun,

Now here’s Beth with the traffic,

Won’t that be fun!

 

Good morning at home,

And thank you, Joe!

There’s an eight-car pileup,

And the going is slow!

 

Here’s our high-tech chopper

For a view that’s live ~

Look at that mess

On I-95!

 

Now back to the news desk ~

Brittany and Ted?

Wait’ll you hear

Which celebrities wed!

 

That’s all the news is,

A candied word-fest

Giving no time

For our minds to digest

 

Afraid that emotion

Would make it too real ~

God forbid, we allow

For the masses to feel

Author's Note

I see the same simpering simpletons deliver the same newscast every day...

Reviews

[Antoinette Tarsitano-Mo..]

Loved this! Someone already referenced the song, "Dirty Laundry", it so fits!

[Rita L. Sev]

Ha! Yes it does... Those bubble heads drive me nuts! Thanks, Cookie!

[Mark]

LOL a great job giving the feel of that professional mania we see in a lot of newscasters today. And what is it about 'celebrity news?' I just don't get it why people care so much about who is doing who, and doing what.

[Rita L. Sev]

Exactly - that celebrity stuff drives me crazy. Thank you, Mark!

[quinfinn]

"see the bubble headed bleach blonde on the news at five....she can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye...it's interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry" excellent poetry!

[Rita L. Sev]

Haha! I forgot about that song! Thanks, Quin!

[quinfinn]

my pleasure

[Devanshu Rajput]

a humors write on media....very funny...

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[Devanshu Rajput]

the most

[TrimarcoRansome]

The media love us to start the day on a low note, don't they!! I find humour in your work, daily candid view of our lives, Ive enjoyed the read!!

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you! Humor is where I go often - Life is just so funny!

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

Creative.
You have poured in all your sentiments about the unchanging face of media everyday.
Good job, Rita.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Dhaye!

[Constance Payne]

I adore this. I also like the way the font changed when it went from the television to your thoughts.
I believe that if media can keep us from thinking they can keep us controlled....Wonderfully written. Glad I stopped by today.

[Rita L. Sev]

Yes, you are right about the media trying to control. I chose the most "fluff-candy" font I could find for the newscasters! Thanks, Constance!

[Leslie Philibert]

I like this, and supports my argument that we are influenced by pictures and the media, and think too little about things we don`t see..

[Rita L. Sev]

So true - we do think too little... Thank you, Leslie.

[Angel]

Wow.
There is no other word for this one, Rita.
Just...
Wow.

And, you know, the masses don't allow themselves to feel...

Great write!

[Rita L. Sev]

You are absolutely right about that, Angel! Thank you.

[Sirius King]

God forbid, we allow

For the masses to feel



Wow that this says it all, great write

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Serenus.