Hold up.
I am not the man
you think I am
a man who gives a damn
about those things of which
you so clearly are a fan.

I don’t have the same faith
in the same institutions
that you do.
I do not look
for other’s elocution
to understand events.

I don’t believe in People.
I don’t believe in Us.
I have no faith in Life
nor Time
or the USA – Today or any other day.
I cannot stand News,
either Daily or World-Weekly,
be it Posted by Tribune
Bulletin, Gazette or Telegraph.

I’m not that type of guy.
I can’t take what they have to give
and give and give and give
and give!
Our twenty six hour cycle of reportage
is too much
– by, like,
twenty nine hours.

Information at that rate
and that quality
is just too much
(of too little).
I don’t respect your gods
and what they disseminate.

Read what you like.
Believe what you want.
Make decisions upon whatever information you desire
and I’ll do the same.
But understand this simple fact:
I get the data I demand
from my one single source
of required reading.
The only news that’s fit to read
comes from the Billy Bragg Bulletin Board.