Tuning Out

I tune out the news

Just as much as I can,

So I won’t have to hear

When the s*^# hits the fan.

 

But I still read the paper

And catch little bits

From the radio as every

Story transmits.

 

The migrants, the pardons,

The Congress, the Court –

Democracy fighting

But coming up short.

 

The voters who quoted

The prices of eggs,

Now twice as expensive,

The question now begs…

 

Just when will you realize

You’ve made a mistake?

The heart and the soul

Of our nation’s at stake.

 

It’s hard to accept

Just how low we have sunk

And I wonder why everyone’s

Not in a funk.

I tune out the news

Just as much as I can,

So I won’t have to hear

When the s*^# hits the fan.

 

But I still read the paper

And catch little bits

From the radio as every

Story transmits.

 

The migrants, the pardons,

The Congress, the Court –

Democracy fighting

But coming up short.

 

The voters who quoted

The prices of eggs,

Now twice as expensive,

The question now begs…

 

Just when will you realize

You’ve made a mistake?

The heart and the soul

Of our nation’s at stake.

 

It’s hard to accept

Just how low we have sunk

And I wonder why everyone’s

Not in a funk.