The newsreel continues To capture the screen And command my attention But what does it mean? I could see the same story Unfolding, retold By a hundred one pundits And still never know The significance, impacts It has on my life I just want to be sure That it's still mine to write But I guess that is why I so hawkishly watch And click into the ticker tape Media clock For the first of intriguing Developments mentioned Recrudescences in Border kids in detention Just an update On the world I'm a part Of the broad simulcast Of its need to restart Is my only conclusion When natural disasters Are just a school shooting Colluding again With some populist movement And some celebrity scandal Exclusive But me the eye witness Can't help but tune in And remain so fixated On when will it end