One hour later and yet another war.
Two robbers shot as they ran out the door.
Radioactive waste buried on the ocean floor.
I don't think I can take any more...

More "good news"...

Reports of the most recent cover-up scandal,
the latest televangelist exposed.
Another compromised politician,
caught with his clothes.
We've come to expect it I suppose...

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Millions of babies murdered for convenience sake,
another "honest" senator caught "on the take".
One more faith healer proven to be fake.
Please let these nightmares end so I may wake..

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A 13 year old girl found beaten, raped and maimed.
A juvenile is in custody but he can't be legally named.
The evidence is overwhelming but he's freed just the same.
Is this the "justice" for which the founding fathers had aimed?

... More "good news"...

Our ozone layer is depleting
causing global warming trends.
Pollution from mega corporations is making
the atmosphere thin.
Land developers seem determined
to bring the forests to their end.
Can't they see with no air left to breath
there will be no one left to "win"?

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Thousands are dying daily
from hunger and disease.
The people pray for salvation
but no one hears their pleas.
Their government has the food and medicine they need,
but the supplies are sold for weapons
instead of helping the hunger cease

... More "good news"...

I've had all I can stand for today... what can I do to make it go away?
Poem copyrighted by Bo Bandy.

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