Newspapers And Gods Poem by David Taylor

All the Gods were chatting,
sitting round
having a party drinking wine
as they do when, from time to time
they're bored of hanging around in space
and just shining, burning gas.
They are used to working as a team
but in a rather distant way
just look at any constellation
see what I mean?

One of them had read The Sun
A most famous newspaper
well that's what it told
and was concerned about
some of the things it said.
'Do you know' he said
'There's global warming coming
and a credit crunch
not to mention massive floods
and typhoons in a tearing rush.
Do you think we should
do something about it? '

'Have another glass of wine'
said the others
'yes, interesting to hear
the local news
but you should read
The Universal Voice.'
What's that saying? he asked.
'Oh the big stories are
Inflation seems out of control,
there's a new theory on that.
Relatively speaking we now
have more time for leisure.
There's a report from the front line
'Big Bang Touches Void'
and a human Interest story.'
'Oh what's that one? ' he asked.
'Its about the influence
newspapers are having on
their lives.'