The Newspaper

Fancy tea or coffee? – I’ll put on the kettle The newspaper feed us with lubricated rubbish As they try to unsettled the already settled With elongated imaginative lists of excessive wishes Today I have a nightmare about swine flu Tomorrow I shall dream of military coups All the stereotyping about gender inequality But no one is typing about gender opportunity Breakups and makeups Splashes and cruises Lashes and bruises Drama wrapped with adventurous saga Soon I will change my name to ‘Lady Stagger’ Dye my hair blonde to avoid looking like ‘Lady Haggard’ And everyday it’s the same old story A bit of sadness with a touch of glory Copyright 2009 - Sylvia Chidi