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bravenak

(34,648 posts)
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 03:00 PM Jan 2015

Noticias

Hi definition reporters,
programmed to repeat what they hear
Bark at me from my flatscreen

With news alerts of
Dead mothers dead babies dead men
How the politicians are going to war again

Bleached teeth smile at me
While dead words chew my soul
And their laughter blisters my ears

Mass death brings them to life
The text scrolling at the bottom of my screen
More real to me than the cadavers behind the desk

Feasting on carnage and inanity
I tune in with half a brain,
Waiting for some good news.

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Noticias (Original Post) bravenak Jan 2015 OP
::snap::snap:: byronius Jan 2015 #1
Thank you, Byronius. bravenak Jan 2015 #2
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