You are far from alone if you have.
Each morning I turn my radio on
in the hope that what I hear
will help me start the day better,
and leave me with some comment
that might set me up right for the day.
Of late I have taken to using the off-button
well before the news headlines finish.
The hierarchy of the reports has seemed awry
and with the disputes and conflicts reported on
refusing to resolve themselves I have had
no choice but to treat the news the way my parents
treated me when I was young enough to think
that sibling rivalry was the height of valid debate
that when I won it proved my intelligence.
I am not tired of life, but I do tire
of the infinite lack of resolution
to certain stories that my radio
presents me with every morning.
