the nightly news

they try to jazz up the news
cast by putting two
attractive women
in tight pencil skirts
on. each appearing to be ready
to go out clubbing
in new York. one blonde,
the other a red head.
the news is the same,
death, chaos, disease and war.
that hasn't changed.
but the two slinky babes,
one in pink and the other
in a salmon colored dress
somehow ease the pain
of what's being said.
the wink a lot and push
back their hair as if
there's wind in the studio.
they nod, and grin with
inside jokes. they're having
fun telling you about
who's missing, who died,
how the stock market just
plunged. but they wrap
it up nicely with a cat
in a tree story,
saved by courageous
firemen. you watch
the whole news cast
hoping at some point
they'll start dancing.