Wednesday, February 5, 2014

fresh news

you read
the newspaper in
seven
minutes now,
unless you
stop to do the
crossword
puzzle, which
could take
all day.
but you know
the news.
it's not good.
yes.
there is the
occasional
kitten rescued
from a tree,
but it's for
the most part
old news.
bad news.
news you've already
seen
on your computer,
or tv.
you miss the days
when a kid
would stand
on the corner
with a thick
freshly printed paper
shouting
the news. yes.
you're that old.

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