Everyone who live in comfort
and reads about the discomfort
going on in the world, materially, spiritually,
from the comfort of their chaise long
will know what news burn out is.
It is what happens when the media
reports on the needier and the report
goes on, well beyond our attention span.
The story does not change, the agenda
remains the same with a slight tweak,
and we think 'How much more of this repetition
can we/I take?' rather ask about the repeat suffering
that those who are suffering are experiencing.
When the news repeats itself until we tire of it,
and the world, as reported, seems to be a sick place
then being tired of the world being sick and tired
is the only place left to go, unless we steel ourselves
to investigate the serious darkness that shades us all.
