Rest In Peace Walter Cronkite

Loud voices
with their measure
No longer 
deem to care
Our information feed
corrupt
With broadcast
millionaires

Stars masquerade
as journalists
To pander, slant
and spin
Truth to fester
in their swamp 
And sink
— but never swim

(Dreamsleep: December, 2025)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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