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Puja Bhakoo

Abstract Drama

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Puja Bhakoo

Abstract Drama

IS IT THE NEWS? OR JUST ME?

IS IT THE NEWS? OR JUST ME?

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The news has 

changed 

Once a bland, 

neatly stacked 

cabinet 

with shelves 

for every 

thought cue

Now an uncaring, 

unthinking

unstoppable spew 

of packaged 

voyeurism and 

bundled gibberish 

unloaded every 

single moment 

of the day 

by the media 

into the 

dump-yard of 

my mind


No longer words 

that were 

colourless 

yet cultivated

wrapped in the whiff

of fresh wet ink,

mellow headlines

polite and punctual 

visiting me 

at a disciplined hour

created by orators

curated by editors 

fitting an 

uncluttered world 

into the palm 

of my hand


Is the news 

indoctrinated?

or is it just me?


Ensconced in my 

ivory tower of 

preconceived notions

Over suspicious 

over speculative

over critical

Ready to ward off 

overtures of

the breaking news 

to drown me 

in its intrigue 


When people see me

it isn't perhaps me 

they see but 

a human landfill 

– a noxious 

bloated version 

of the once judicious, 

discerning me



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