News charges forwardlike the kind of trainthat encourages countingwhile we waitbehind flashing barriers,shelters all the hobosand intellectuals,expects us to keep updespite its desperate rushtoward the damselapproaching the tracks ahead,anticipates everythingexcept the cunning of womenwho have held too muchfor long enoughand are done with all of it,who are ready to wield powerlike never before,who are ready to strike outand torque that trainright the hell off its tracksbefore we have the chance to sayI think I read that somewhere,maybe in yesterday’s news
Brendan asked the Real Toads to opine in verse about The News.
From your mouth to the ears of all the wise wild women of the earth.
ReplyDeleteWhoa. I've always felt that in some ways, the news was like the weather -- stuff guys talk about so they don't have to say anything heartfelt. It's clutter in the air which a real heart will wave off with a fist. You rest my case. Thank God the revolution won't be televised!
ReplyDeleteI think i would feel safer with you at the helm... the train rushing towards an abyss is what I feel it is .
ReplyDeleteLove it, Marian. Especially after watching "Mary Ann Cotton; serial killer" on PBS last night.
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Women need to grab that runaway train and turn it toward the present century again.
ReplyDeleteBring it on sisters...the sooner the better.
ReplyDelete"..women/who have held too much/for long enough/and are done with all of it," Feeling that one alright. Great visuals in this, Marian.
ReplyDeletePlease, women of the world, step up and take over! I'll follow!
ReplyDeleteI watch the train times all through the day because I don't want to miss a thing. The idea of stepping up and on with a country of women feels good.
ReplyDeleteLove your words - bring it on indeed!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Excellent! the pace and power of the message is so in keeping of the train motif. Pow!
ReplyDelete:Yesterday" is right. There was a time when news was not emotionally molded
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