R.I.P. Walter Cronkite
Loud voices
with their measure
No longer
deem to care
Our information feed
corrupt
With broadcast
millionaires
Stars masquerade
as journalists
To pander, slant
and spin
Truth to fester
in their swamp
And sink
— but never swim
(Dreamsleep: December, 2025)
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Abstract critique of media corruption and truth degradation, philosophical complaint
Dense stacking of ideas: corruption, masquerade, pandering, spin all compressed tightly
Strongly negative: decay, festering, swamp imagery convey disgust and despair
Aggressive syntax, sharp line breaks, accusatory tone create kinetic intensity
Approximately 10 lines; micro-to-short poem in 7-15 range
Masquerade metaphor, swamp/sink imagery, personification of truth festering
Lyric complaint with dramatic accusation; shifts from internal outrage to direct attack
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