The American Dream Medium

PSC / 2017

The American Dream Medium 

This country is frac-

tured (into

‘Us’ and ‘Them’)

and this Administration

has neither the power

nor the will

to patch together

such a Great

divide.

Neither side

will listen

to an Other;

nor is there trust

in anything

reported by any One

who doesn’t say

what we/they

choose to hear.

We ache for naked facts

(untwisted, unvarnished –

minus the melodrama –

indisputable, irrefutable)

so we may understand

firsthand

where the truth lies;

otherwise, the rancor

will only get worse.

We don’t need

any more Small minds

 or Extra-Large lies.

We Demand a Medium

of some substance;

Brave Enough

to eschew the illogic

and fight with equal fervor

for any and every faction.

So, Who will be the First?

PSC / 2017

Sorry for the political 'rant', but instead of things calming down after the recent ugly campaigns and election, they only appear to have gotten worse.  Seems everyone is yelling and no one is listening, and I'm not sure how much more we'll be able to take.  But as long as folks rely on their "own" news sources and "fact checkers" and deny those of their opponents, we'll never move forward.  We need a truly honest, impartial medium who offers the views of BOTH sides and fact checks BOTH sides equally diligently. So, again, I ask... who will be the first?