I am no fake news peddler,
but there are facts
that haunt me,
when the owl starts howling,
especially those that come
when I least expect it,
and the worst ones —
those broken in broad daylightbut the truth is,
I can fill my head
with all the propaganda,
necessary to convince myself,
that my soul is still
and worth loving —yet the words that left you,
made it seem as if,
I am the type of news
worth breaking
every time
Explanation: "Breaking News" is the first of the five-poem collection called "Rewind." Starting off the story, it is a fitting poem to set the tone for the entire piece. The poem employs a possible double meaning, with references to journalism by using terms such as 'fake news,' 'truth,' and 'propaganda.' The speaker alludes to "facts" that haunt him during nighttime (lines 1-4), yet also describing unexpected events during the day as things he does not like. However, the speaker notes being in denial of the truth (lines 9-14), creating a paradox with how he perceives the truth: by filling his head with propaganda. In the final stanza, the speaker alludes to the news being broken — the words that left someone's mouth were words that broke him. The breaking news being referred to in this poem, is likely, the speaker's own experience of breaking.
Rewind
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