EVENING NEWS

“I don’t want a lecture; please don’t shout it.

Just tell me what you think it means for me.

I don’t want to know too much about it –

just bottom-line it; the details bore me.

“I don’t want to hear, if it’s depressing.

Just say what’s immediately in store.

My plate is full, and it’s got me stressing.

I sure don’t want to load on any more.

“I don’t need to know too much in advance;

historical background’s not worth mention.

I don’t want to be blamed for ignorance,

but I can’t spare a lot of attention.

Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBCÕs primetime hit, the critically acclaimed ÒThe Rachel Maddow Show,Ó attends a luncheon hosted by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in honor of British Prime Minister David Cameron March 14, 2012 at the State Department in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

“Just give me the headlines so I can choose

if it’s gonna fit in with my world views.”

First published in Poeming Pigeon from Poetry Box.