Tuning Out
I tune out the news
Just as much as I can,
So I won’t have to hear
When the s*^# hits the fan.
But I still read the paper
And catch little bits
From the radio as every
Story transmits.
The migrants, the pardons,
The Congress, the Court –
Democracy fighting
But coming up short.
The voters who quoted
The prices of eggs,
Now twice as expensive,
The question now begs…
Just when will you realize
You’ve made a mistake?
The heart and the soul
Of our nation’s at stake.
It’s hard to accept
Just how low we have sunk
And I wonder why everyone’s
Not in a funk.
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