HOT OFF THE PRESSES!

The media, foaming at the mouth to spew bad news, sickens me.

 

 

HOT OFF THE PRESSES!

 

 

Alternating current events

pass through me in vivid headlines

of charged and emotive chants,

bringing to the forefront (abundantly)

broken dreams of

disconnected rules

 

Bold print

and exaggerated fonts

scream vehemently,

through the faded plastic, (as I pass by)

the metal container requiring

my last fifty cents

 

My fingertips,

blackened by

the soot of disdain

and the pompous dull spastic paths (sprinkle glitter here)

of the rich and famous,

thumb through

the day before

 

Truth charts a path

to the opinions of others,

only to take a back seat

in withered form

with the classifieds (maybe) and notices

of death of those we don’t know

 

Tragedy blooms

in profits of many facets,

filling the needs of the

editorial wallets, (and bank accounts)

bulging of despise

 

HOT OFF THE PRESSES!

 

“Smiling is a Lost Art”

 

(at least among

the readers)

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[redflutterby]

Very apt observations here Jack. Sometimes we must turn off the news and put down the paper to see what life can truly hold. Beauty...love and hope. There is still good in this world....remembering that is the key.

[Jack...]

You are correct my friend. Thanks again for visiting.

[Shivam Murari]

This is really nice. The 'soot of disdain' is one mesmerizing phrase. Totally loved it :-)

[Jack...]

Thanks my friend.

[Shivam Murari]

:)

[InsanityWriter]

Wow! This is both very good, but also very true. :/ I really enjoyed reading this!!

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much. The news always sets me off. Why does it always have to be bad news?

[TL Boehm]

My fingertips,
blackened by
the soot of disdain
and the pompous dull spastic paths (sprinkle glitter here)
of the rich and famous,
thumb through
the day before

Truth charts a path
to the opinions of others,
only to take a back seat
in withered form
with the classifieds (maybe) and notices
of death of those we don’t know

Tragedy blooms
in profits of many facets,
filling the needs of the
editorial wallets, (and bank accounts)
bulging of despise

WOW. this is right on the money. It amazes me what is "newsworthy" and what sells.

[Jack...]

EXTRA EXTRA read all about it...Tammy likes my poem. Thanks so much my friend.

[s y e]

Woo, you scored again, Jack! I loved the format and the title!! Haha, I loved the title, captured my attention! :) I loved this, as always, I love all your writes.

[Jack...]

Thank you my friend...not everything we read is the truth, just someone's idea of what the truth should be...as long as it benefits them. Thanks so much for your always kind words.

[Kristin Lee]

I like it. I format and the prose are are serious but not dark, kind of that "extra, extra, read all about it" vibe. And I like the last line because it drives home the meaning to it all. "Smiling is a lost art" That's how I feel every time my husband turns on the news. I hate the news its feels like all the joy has been sucked out of the room. But it's your headline. And you intentionally put it last. Great job!

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Kristin, I feel like you do about the news...it is destructive to the mind.

[Distant horizons]

Tragedy blooms is a perfect description of profiting from the misery of others, be it the newspapers themselves, or the celebrities that sell their stories of loss to be in the news once more. And when exactly did what so and so wore to this or that become news? Isn't that what the enquirer is for?
Wonderfully expressed here Jack. The last lines say it all.

[Jack...]

Thanks so very much my friend.

[Emerald Seas]

I agree! The media has no sense of truth in journalism these days. Sensationalized and stretching truth and/or lies.

[Jack...]

Indeed my sweet freind. Thanks so much.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

I concur - absolutley!

[Jack...]

Thank you my friend

[Jayden Ireton]

This is a great piece. It tells it like it is. I love the format and the imagery. It makes me think of evil little men putting terrible things in newspapers and throwing it to the masses who gobble it up.

[Jack...]

Justin, you read it right. Thanks so much