A Poem for the Press - from Poet Pete

PPPS (Littleton)—In response to new revelations of press misconduct and administration lying related to the Libya Consulate Terrorist Attack, our poet-in-residence, Poet Pete, penned this poem.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? 

by Poet Pete 

To the Press in this country.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

Don’t you care about your country?

Does the color of one man’s skin 

    override everything?

Do you suffer from so much guilt

    that content of character

       has no meaning?

Is the fantasy of the left

    the only prism

       through which 
          you can view the world?

How many dead Americans in Libya,

    or in America, 

       or elsewhere,

    will it take 

       to wake 

          you 

             up?

Or, if you believe 

    that America is so bad,

    then how many 

    dead Mexicans,

       or brutalized women 

           in Muslim countries, 

    or repressed 

       and murdered 

          religious minorities,

    or faux demonstrations 

       about videos 

           and cartoons?

How many failed spring uprisings 

    which lead to 

       new forms of tyranny

           will be required

              to focus 

                 your 

                    attention?

What does it take 

    to finally awaken you?

What would it take

    to make you 

        DO

            YOUR

                JOBS?