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POEM: Could Be Worse: or, Slow News Year

Posted on May 9, 2020 by B Gourley

There’s famine in the heartland —
lungs full of the blowing sands.

People huddle near the fire,
waiting on the news, sans wire.

But the news won’t get better
by the time you get the letter
it’ll long since quit being news —
it’ll be lyrics for the Blues.

9 thoughts on “POEM: Could Be Worse: or, Slow News Year”

T. Maxwell-Harrison on May 9, 2020 at 8:22 pm said:

Nice 🙂

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C.J. Boock on May 9, 2020 at 8:54 pm said:

Too true

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Silk Cords on May 10, 2020 at 3:56 am said:

Nicely done. If that doesn’t about sum things up, I don’t know what does. 🙂

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- B Gourley on May 10, 2020 at 8:22 am said:
  
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d.a.simpsonwriter on May 11, 2020 at 6:32 pm said:

Beautiful

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- B Gourley on May 11, 2020 at 6:54 pm said:
  
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  - d.a.simpsonwriter on May 12, 2020 at 5:07 pm said:
    
    You are most welcome
    
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S Bara on May 31, 2020 at 7:13 pm said:

Nice poem

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- B Gourley on May 31, 2020 at 8:03 pm said:
  
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