Serenity at Last

                       

Serenity at Last

Your offer of a free

Six weeks of Seattle Times

Is not

A fair exchange for

My peace of mind

Chorus:

Please, please I can’t

No, no I won’t

Respond to your query

Accept your theory

That we all need to read

The news

I respectfully decline

(scratched out: Yes, I’ve made up my mind)

Your generous invitation

To indulge in today’s

Amazing physical sensation

I’m really convicted

Can’t agree with your views

Of my need to daily read

Someone else’s interpretation

Of the news

I don’t choose to be part of

The news – besotted generation

How clear my mind seems

When its’ primary beams

Come simply from nature’s direction

Not filtered or tweaked

By a stoolie who leaked

The great news of the politicians

Recent or past erection 

I’m content to not know

Of the movie stars latest “ho”  (some stars in margin)

Or how much

Was embezzled last night

Oh please keep me from

What to me is “hohum”

Same crap; different day   (all alarmin’ in margin)

Your forty-two issues

Would become bathroom tissue(s)

(And) Frankly, I prefer Charmin.

Pamela Reed: This name is at the bottom and I'm not sure what it refers to.

Kack Nugent    December 4, 2000