He shot some rousing morning news
into his arm, got his morning fix, his
racing adrenaline rush.
He came down, crashed, depressed
pondering the senselessness, the
negativity of most of what he saw
and heard about in this out of control
spinning world wondering what the
hell it was all about, wondering why
he was an insignificant part of it.
Fed up with all the negative news,
he took a news fast until he began
feeling the withdrawal symptoms,
like minor delirium tremors.
And like a terminal news junkie,
he succumbed to another shot
to feed his never ending, negative
news addiction.
Bob Boyd