Gershon Wolf Poet Free verse

Change the Names and Dates

Not all of us lead lives of misery
      and deep despair
    I don't and never intend to...

    As for the troubles of the age
      Just change the names
      the dates and the places
    Then plug any other age
      into what's branded as 'news'

    For the news and the newsies
      both get old
    Their only care ~
      How many copies sold

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Caren Krutsinger September 29, 2022 at 11:05 AM The "news" is no longer news, it is a bunch of fabrication, with no facts checked. Sadly. Maybe it is why we have "newsies" - fringelined news?

Linda Alice Fowler September 27, 2022 at 7:32 AM Boy, do I agree with this one gw. No misery here! laf

Michael Tor September 25, 2022 at 5:25 PM Yes Gershon the old mighty dollar is behind it all. It never stops repeating. What does that say about mankind...

Jim Slaughter September 25, 2022 at 10:10 AM Good one, G. Stanza 2 really points up the old adage...history repeats itself. Gershon Wolf September 25, 2022 at 2:54 PM Again and again and again and again... Broken record

L Milton Hankins September 25, 2022 at 9:30 AM Ah, you hit the nail right on the head and drove it home, gw. Gershon Wolf September 25, 2022 at 2:59 PM Thanks for the appreciation on this one, Milt!.

Bill Baker September 24, 2022 at 10:58 PM Very true, and it's not really news very often. Just a lot of opinion and propaganda. IMHO :-) Thanks for sharing, Bill Gershon Wolf September 25, 2022 at 3:00 PM You're right... It's Entertainment -- Tonite!