Pick a subject, any subject:

There are those
so thoroughly, thoughtlessly for it
that their e-mails, radio and TV broadcasts
    Facebook posts, Tweets–rants, if you will–
bloat with exaggeration, anger and alarm.

There are those
so  thoroughly, thoughtlessly against it
that their e-mails, radio and TV broadcasts
    Facebook posts, Tweets–rants, if you will–
bleat with exaggeration, anger and alarm. 

Ironically, these two groups
stand on common ground:
fear of the unknowable future,
the desperate desire to belong, to matter,
the same techniques to manipulate and enflame.

Ah, and one thing more:
a lack of commitment to truth and love.

Stop listening, and they will fade away.

Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.