For once the weatherman was right:
cold morning, cloudy afternoon;
tomorrow the city will be buried
under tons of fine white snow.

Why not just turn the radio off
and make up your own news?
“The President today in Washington
took off his shirt for reporters
to show his big muscles and hairy back.”

He said the CEO of China has made him very mad;
he’s going to beat the stuffing
out of that no-good Jap.

Then he said that little boy with cancer
rescued from the avalanche
is what makes this country so darn great.

In other news, Ignorance Industry scientists
have recorded a decrease in the quality of ignorance.
There are more ignorant people than ever,
but the totality of ignorance continues to decline.
What does it mean?

Here are other leading stories:
Unidentified Rich Man Elected President;
San Francisco Yoga Tragedy; Three People Hugged to Death;
Priest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God.

In Hollywood, fifty movie stars have pledged
not to use their swimming pools
until world thirst is ended.

To keep it short:
Diet      Celebrity      Money      Pregnancy      Explosion
It all seemed pretty much business as usual.
That’s why we were happy to be indoors,
sipping our green min tea;

sitting by the window,
and watching the sky fall down.