The Poet's and Storyteller's prompt is "holding your breath".
No News is Good News.
Sort of to the tune of The Piano Man
It's six o'clock and the news has come on,
The stories are alarming and grim.
There's chaos and mayhem
And world wars are about to begin.
The stories are dark and so fearful,
The main common factor is death.
Maybe there's a story of kindness and hope
But I wouldn't be holding your breath.
Chorus
Give us some news
That will give us a lift,
The current would hardly be missed
There must be a good news story
That will stop us from slashing our wrists.
The news reader sits there quite calmly.
But the war in Ukraine is unending
And the Gaza affair brings only despair,
I ask could the world be now ending?
I can't help but sense it's unreal
There's no end to the stories of woe
I want to pack up and quietly depart
But I haven't got somewhere to go.
Chorus
Give us some news
That will give us a lift,
The current would hardly be missed
There must be a good news story
That will stop us from slashing our wrists.
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I wish!
ReplyDeleteI think many will identify with this serio-comic complaint.