the news

the news
is not good.
never
good.
since you were
a child
it's war after
war, death
following death,
earth quakes
and floods,
murder
and
politics.
you are full
of bad news,
in black and
white and peacock
color.
you are done
with it.
take your
walter cronkites,
your rathers
and sawyers,
your local
news,
your frenetic
reporters and go
away, find something
good in the world.
look harder.
I'm tired
of turning the other
way.