Why I Don’t
Sadly remains no less relevant.
WHY I DON’T
Watching or reading what they call the news
Puts the tiny blur of politics
Undeservedly centre stage
And time will pass – or we will pass through time
And old puns lose topicality
Or else be missed entirely
Watching or reading what they call the news
Is a part of popular culture
You might say: “the people’s culture”
And time will pass – or we will pass through time
Though probably only just scrape through
As revision’s out of fashion
In a culture – if you can call it that
That treats today as an ashtray, poor
Yesterday like a soiled tissue
That yesterday in which at last my dad
Was released from the war and came home
As hopeful as the Welfare State
And read the Mirror because he believed
It spoke for and to the working man
Had values and stood for something
These days…
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Posted on April 28, 2018, in Poetry. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
wonderful!
seems the more things
… stay the same 🙂
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Just so.
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Well said, Ben, and yes, sadly, holds much truth for present day.
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Nods head looking glum. (And thanks for the kind words, Lauren.)
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🙂
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🙂
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