lessons to be learnt

this is what my new job will have taught me when i'm ready to quit:


trees bleeding
into
millions
of
tender
sheets
of  paper

and

innocent
words
scattered
in bulk

will help mount
corrupt
stories
derived from corrupt
sources

news
altogether
unworthy of being told
will be finger-exercise
for sedentary bodies
as human hands
brush against
wilting pages.

there will be momentary contact

there will not be much reading

who is going to emancipate wood pulp from this existential crisis?

news will continue to be made
just to keep the cycle of waste
in motion.