Head Lines Wait Poem by James McLain

Have you heard the news today.
Assassinated kings and queens.
From behind each bush a monster hides.
Kids are lost forever in an age of instant messenger.
The news today, the same as yesterday's.
The news today a life time of testifying.
Testifying to the way we love when someone dies.
Have you heard the news today,
sometimes no one pays their dues yet gets ahead.
Having made the news today,
trouble came your way the news you finally made.