The Paper Says Poem by Josh Brabender

Ink stained hands reluctant to turn the page.
For fear of another story guaranteed to cause a rage.
Eyes stare, face blank of emotion from page one.
B-ball was more important than the American lives made done.
The pope came second as he urged for peace.
to a witness that seems to trouble police.
And a secret recipe in the Goya family
outweighs attempts to escape poverty.
I thought I knew what was important before
but the paper says different from what I was sure.
the starving is where all my thoughts are.
Yet all the prints about the next big star.
some say the paper's a conspiracy
More like smoke and mirrors to me.
They can write all their truths and lies.
and politician's on the rise.
But can we just address some unanswered cries?