Breaking News
Breaking News! The vast, vast majority
Of eight billion human beings haven’t killed
Anyone today, nor were so ill-willed
As to indulge in an atrocity.
Reports are coming in that people aren’t
Generally being greedy, indeed they live,
As far as possible, cooperatively,
Even while constantly being told they can’t.
Investigations, it appears, have exposed
Allegations that vile dictatorships
Are, or were, socialist, come from the lips
Of capital’s mouthpieces; debate closed.
Facts and details, how and which ones to choose?
That choice is what makes or can break the news.
D. A.