October 3, 2019

Circus

I leave for work in the morning

the news is horrible

I head for home in the evening

the news is as horrid

DESTRUCTION!

HOPELESSNESS!

such horrors as Sodom never knew

and if that weren’t bad enough

at my evening’s rest, warm

in the comfort of my very own home

(or padded movie theatre seat)

any ‘entertainment’ I could ‘need’

any ‘information’ I would ‘want’

stands ready to at a button’s push

flow unstopped into my sanctuary

charge from my un-darkened screen

into a darkness much deeper

all that is wrong with this world

splashing through this eager fountain

on to my no longer innocent eyes

unapologetic

unfiltered

unrelenting

remorseless death destroying life

Rome had nothing on us