Turning off the IDIOT BOX.
Can’t stand the inane WISHY-WASHY CHIT CHAT,
Or the HANKY PANKY of extremists on the left and right,
Who ladle out FAKE NEWS-laced Kool-Aid,
To their ZONKED-OUT viewers who gleefully consume it,
While nodding through glazed eyes.
It’s OPEN SEASON on the truth by DIRT BAGS,
With journalism degrees inventing rather than reporting the news.
Bring back old-school broadcasters like Cronkite and Brinkley,
Who personally leaned left and right but reported the news.
When news and commentary are no longer indistinguishable,
In all the networks, I’ll tune back in.
Meantime, BUG OFF and GOOD RIDDANCE!
Jun 11, 2019
Jun 11, 2019 at 3:33 PM UTC
Turning off the IDIOT BOX.
Can’t stand the inane WISHY-WASHY CHIT CHAT,
Or the HANKY PANKY of extremists on the left and right,
Who ladle out FAKE NEWS-laced Kool-Aid,
To their ZONKED-OUT viewers who gleefully consume it,
While nodding through glazed eyes.
It’s OPEN SEASON on the truth by DIRT BAGS,
With journalism degrees inventing rather than reporting the news.
Bring back old-school broadcasters like Cronkite and Brinkley,
Who personally leaned left and right but reported the news.
When news and commentary are no longer indistinguishable,
In all the networks, I’ll tune back in.
Meantime, BUG OFF and GOOD RIDDANCE!
I posted this today at AllPoetry.com in response to a ten-double-word challenge where a poem had to be written using all ten double-words capitalized in the poem. Did not take much thought . . . :)
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