Black Star News Company

Black Star News Company

Catastrophe Commerce
Peddlers of the news cycle
Shining a light on current events
But at such a frequency
That it highlights the dark
With moments of glitter
And flash that makes the shadows
Blacker

Disasters, Portents, Doom
Violence, Theft, Fraud
And did we mention Violence?
The dark images
The dark words
The darker innuendos
Keep the news cycle spinning
Around the Black Star

Somehow the gravity
Of the news cycle
Keeps billions of people
Queasy and inactive
They believe projected images
And become blind
To what is beneath their feet
And in their hearts

Yes, there are disasters
And emergency relief
Yes, there are thefts
But countless more give
Parents give to their children
Neighbors give to their neighbors
Friends give to their friends
Strangers give to strangers
Look and see it
Look

The Earth holds us
Gives us a place to stand
Ancient cycles of life
Replenish our air, our water
We are interconnected
Supported by and supporting
Each other
Every day a million people
Do not hit me with their cars
Every day ten thousand people
Do no violence to me or mine
Every day uncounted people
Support me with food, clothes,
Information, services, companionship
And even love
Our Sun gives such a light
That I wonder that we are so prone
To being dragged down
By the Dark Star News Company

But I am just reporting
You decide

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Credits: Words and collage by Jay Larsen