The Paper

A day in the life of the Evening News
Headline stories and various views
Robson Green, stole the vicars wife
I forgive him said the vicar, that's just life
An aeroplane, is hit by a drone
A girl is mugged for her mobile phone
Two 14 year old kids, armed with knife
Kill a husbands daughter and a husbands wife
Three teenagers, burn a school down
A sink hole opens, on the edge of town
Six people hurt in a taxi crash
The new red wonder boy is  Marcus Rash
Boy of ten died, at an Aldi store
Vinyl returns to the record shop door
Community garden trashed by teenage gang
Car explodes at airport, amid a massive bang
Loads of reporters, with loads to say
But its all old old news, on the next new day
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Allison Avatar
April 26, 2016 at 3:39 PM
I no longer buy newspapers John - think your poem speaks volumes and sadly yesterday's news is so quickly forgotten and replaced by other tragedies in the world:-( hugs Jan xx7
Scott Avatar
April 26, 2016 at 4:02 PM
City of Manchester, United Kingdom. Scanning the news over a 3 day period. All True but sad. Thank you for kind reading xxx
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