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Media Bytes

Light a candle
Go on a vigil
Put a handle
On Twitter if you will

Say your piece
Grab sound-bytes
Find release
In media fights

Then off to a cocktail
To talk of your deed
Bemoan of happenings
As you drink up your mead

And when some time passes
Look up a cause
Think of starving masses
As you pour on the sauce

Such and such needs justice
Our liberty’s at stake
Set right what’s amiss
Just give them your take

Light another candle
Bask in its light
For brief is its mantle
As it fades overnight.

Through the times I’ve seen
Days of thunder and noise
Each cause a has-been
Aborted child of media’s choice

~26 Jul 2016~

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Tom Quigley

Date: 7/26/2016 1:59:00 PM

Thoughtful and well written!

Karam Misra
Date: 7/26/2016 9:09:00 PM

Thank you, Tom.~karam~

Nette Onclaud

Date: 7/26/2016 11:29:00 AM

i take social media in stride and ignore the left-overs, karam... superb!..huggs

Karam Misra
Date: 7/26/2016 11:36:00 AM

Way to go, Nette! And thanks for the appreciation.~karam~

Skat A

Date: 7/26/2016 6:38:00 AM

That is sad the aborting of innocence. Karma, even though the moment fades, a stain will always remain..skat

Karam Misra
Date: 7/26/2016 7:24:00 AM

Right said, Skat. Seen it happen too many times. ~karam~

Probir Gupta

Date: 7/26/2016 5:34:00 AM

Nice ending ... And the ubiquitous irony well expressed ... great! ...

Karam Misra
Date: 7/26/2016 6:28:00 AM

Thank you, Probir. Have seen too many candle marches and vigils which last a day, maybe a week... and then the cause fades away till replaced by a new one ... sad commentary on our society. ~karam~