Good News Poem by Jammie Plummer

Good news doesn’t flood
Our television anymore
Has it ever?
In any point in history
Has any newspaper sold
With a happy head line
Everyone says they want good news
But they feel better reading
About Death, Rape, and Crimes
They have something to compare their lives too,
Something to say “well, my life is not so bad.” to
No one wants good news
Good news would cause their lives
To slap them back to reality.