The News Cycle

News charges forward

like the kind of train

that encourages counting

while we wait

behind flashing barriers,

shelters all the hobos

and intellectuals,

expects us to keep up

despite its desperate rush

toward the damsel

approaching the tracks ahead,

anticipates everything

except the cunning of women

who have held too much

for long enough

and are done with all of it,

who are ready to wield power

like never before,

who are ready to strike out

and torque that train

right the hell off its tracks

before we have the chance to say

I think I read that somewhere,

maybe in yesterday’s news

Brendan asked the Real Toads to opine in verse about The News.