“An historical event,” unless you read history.
“No one saw that coming,” unless you were looking.
“Totally unexpected,” unless you were not thinking.
Trite sayings tell us more about ourselves
than the events described by talking heads
who always seem to be surprised
so listeners can feel honored to be let in on
some great mystery that defies
reality and makes room for conspiracy
to feed on shards of factual disarray and we
are left bereft of truth in a fragile democracy.
“Garbage in, garbage out” warned Sister Robertine.
Her warnings have now come true it seems.
annarino writes 