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Did you hear the news today?
A friend asked avidly  
Like a magician about to pull
A rabbit from his brolly

Scratch that, it’s actually a hat 
Poetic license at play 
But let me get back to the topic at hand: 
What he was about to say  

I looked at him expectantly 
My facial muscles tense
I had to look the part you see:
Eyes wide in burning suspense 

He was about to share the stuff 
Of top notch gossip rags 
My left eye twitched, I wish he’d just let  
The Infernal cat out of the bag 

It’s not that I’m averse to all
The spice of life a-brewing 
Some days … well, actually most 
I’m just happier not knowing

Did You know he finally said
That we’re all figmental beings
Of someone’s mad imaginings 
The Covid and even us yuman beans

I looked at him, blinked in surprise 
Then laughed a merry laugh 
At least it wasn’t about the politico
Who looked startlingly like a giraffe

That thought has passed my mind 
I said, conversationally 
Our glitchy Clockwork Universe
And the matrix anomalies 

News that wasn’t “news” deserved 
Obscurely fab theories
Fuzzy heads and tails and all
I thought, to keep it company

He looked at me with great disdain
What’s your frickin’ deal?
Just call it what it really is 
We’re hamsters in a wheel!

We’re hamsters in a wheel! I sang 
We’re chasing our own tails 
Creating our little purgatories 
We’re chasing our own tales!

And so I heard the news that day 
And it had made me grin 
The universe too, doesn’t mind a few
Light jabs every now and then.