Humour Is The Best Medicine

I listen to news bulletins quite a lot.
When the news is bad, repetitive,
and about events I cannot change or stop
I listen with lowered concentration.
Given how hard the content is to process
the bulletins are depressing all ways round.

But I marvel at the comedy shows
that use the scalpel of sharp humour
to dissect the news for me, they reveal so much
that the formal repetitions in the bulletins obscure,
with an elegance and grace that makes listen afresh.