I long for a slow news day.
You know the kind.
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A story about a dog that behaves like a person.
A day when death and destruction are treated as serious events, not constant background noise.
I want a slow news day that is not filled with stories about royals, celebrities, and their relationships.
A story about a woman dancing the hokey cokey because she felt happy.
The kind of stories local news was made to cover.
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I want a slow news day because I am tired of hearing about violence, war, and suffering every hour.
I want a slow news day where children are not starving.
Where children are not afraid.
Where children can play outside safely.
I want a slow news day where there is no abuse, no exploitation, and no fear in the streets.
I want a slow news day because the current news makes me feel helpless and angry.
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I want a day filled with news where people were actually nice to one another.
Where distrust and dislike are not based on birth, gender, political views, or sexual interest.
I do not care what music you like.
I do not judge Creed or Nickelback.
I am an adult.
Are you?
Can you breathe the same air as someone different from you
Without wanting them dead?
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I am not your romantic saviour.
I am not a self-obsessed bohemian.
I am a man with a mind that does not stop.
It works and it makes me write.
I write like it is the last thing I will do.
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Plainly they say.
But do they really mean it?
But plainly, do they really want it?
Do they really want plain?
Direct and unfiltered?
Do they want no holds barred?
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With a sex offender president.
A dull and cowardly prime minister.
Several avoidable, pointless wars.
Several avoidable, pointless attacks.
Sieges and devastation.
No oil or territory is a meaningful reason for bloodshed.
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Fuck.
This.
World.
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Paul Stewart
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Comments (8)
Yes, we really need a slow news day! You said it perfectly.
Smashing!!
Oof this is a little too true. I don't know if I can even remember slow news days. That said, I gave up watching the news entirely recently. It's just slowly teaching that your voice means nothing and puts me in such a state of stress. I can't help anyone that way. Ah, I could go off on the state of the news almost as much as the administration. Which I guess here are slowly becoming one and the same. Bleh, fantastic poem anyway!! I too want good news and normal times. At least, I want to see it broadcast because I know good things are out there!
I like how you went about with this Challenge. Nicely ✔️ done! Don't we all?
I saw a news story where a girl was dancing and someone called the police on her for "suspicious behavior". That's suspicious... but a whole island of pedophiles with claims of cannibalism and there's "nothing to see hear". I don't watch the news anymore. Everything I learn these days is mostly against my will. I've seen enough. Wonderful piece. I know it will place! :)
Yes. I just saw a news report where fire fighters saved 4 cats by performing CPR. It made me tear up.
This is excellent! Plainly said with such a strong VOICE. And I could relate in so many ways. Bravo.
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