Sunday, June 8, 2025

watching the riots with a big bowl of popcorn

what do you feel like
watching
tonight,
i ask my fourth and final wife
as we sit down
on the couch
with a big bowl
of popcorn,
buttered and salted.
i don't know.
i think we've seen every
show there is.
some twice.
what about channel four
or nine,
we haven't watched
those in a long time.
nah.
maybe CNN or Fox?
okay.
we can switch back and forth.
oh look,
there's another riot going on,
with tear gas
and burning cars and 
the waving of terrorist flags.
there's one in New York,
another in
L.A.,
one seems to be about
the war,
and the other about deportations.
the police and national
guard look
geared up and ready
to hand out
some wood shampoos.
this should be interesting.
let's listen and see how
each channel
manipulates the coverage
according
to which side
they're on.
if it gets boring we can watch
MSNBC,
they have an in-depth
special  on the pride parades.

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