Don't like the news
don't listen to the news,
don't  succumb though
to feeling numb though
that's just like being on
drugs,
but
mayhap the news channels drain you of the pain that you go through when real life tries to get through to you.

Hey,
what do I know about anything when nothing's a placebo?

I have gone through several mills
taken that valley of pills
I have been there
and seen there
an emptiness
making it all valueless
worth less than
the placebo.