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Michael 6d
Another day
another headline
Another outrage
by design
Intent on shielding our eyes
While the crimes and lies
Happen in real time,
Live
              Breaking
streaming
               Online
Holding the line
Punching our time
At work by nine
Home by five
To wine and dine
And pretend we’re fine
Because it’s all
just
the
times
Normalized
Just another day in the rabbit hole
neth jones Mar 12
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like the bulk of resting nature appears
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untitled  we'd be better served
like resting nature appears
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They sell fear,
On the evening news,
So I don't watch it anymore.

They show you police brutality,
Mass murders,
And war.

But what they refuse to put on that screen,
Is the people fighting to do the right thing.
Because who would buy their fear,
If they could see the world changing.
I've noticed a sizable difference in the news showing violence and destruction compared to protests and reforms.
My baby reads the,
Newspaper while twirling,
Her beautiful hair.
The 400th poem I've posted on here.
Man Feb 15
I don't know what you were doing,
But you look like a dog
That just stole the roast
From right off the table!
Actually, I know it,
I'm just giving it a better face.

In that mercy, is it grace?
Is it blessing? Are you saved?

Anchors like weights,
Writs from writers acting
Behind the curtains.
I fear they don't even know it's a play,
But they're aware there's stakes.
Whatever press representative
That today flirt nationally
Are riddled with stains.
Very few apart from the alternative,
Though they have well suffered
By those who are dependents.

Who is guilty? Who is judging?
About the news or the common mentality of the day?
Read the newspaper,
Read a book.

Scrolling through these videos,
Gives my soul a headache.

I'm just gonna make some chicken n' noodle soup,
And use a paper, or as a modern stance, pauper cook book.
I don't know exactly what's different here, but I like it. It just seems different from the rest of my poems.
As a flower to bloom
Must
Wants to
As a creation
I pray to, God: hear here
The truth.
God of you
And me, creator
Of love
He did by
Falling into it, i do
Hear here
The truth. I say:
Thank you,
Writen of lines inbetween
The news:
Hear here: you are Invited.
As a flower to bloom
Must
Wants to
As a creation
I pray to God: hear here
The truth.
God of you
And me, creator
Of love
He did by
Falling into it, i do
Hear here
The truth. I say:
Thank you,
Writen of lines inbetween
The news:
Hear here: you are
Invited.
T R Wingfield Dec 2024
Prolly been letting the dark thoughts Win
A little too much lately.
Not like win but just...
- let in -
You know...
Like sometimes there's nothing you can do
About it.
Sometimes
it's all you can do
just to say to yourself

... Everything's gonna be okay

12/25/2024 9:57pm
Don't let the intrusive thoughts win. It's not so bad if you look closely.


First draft:
The world's gonna end soon anyway...  ..  .

Prolly been letting the dark thoughts Win
A little too much lately.
Not like win but just...
- let in -

... Everything's gonna be okay
Zywa Dec 2024
I keep weighing up

what is good for me, do I --


want to know or not?
Philosophical study "Ignorance and Bliss - On Wanting Not to Know" (2024, Mark Lilla)

Collection "Actively Passive"
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