once long, long ago

people formed opinions

and shared them freely with

friends and neighbours

down the pub,

outside a local shop,

or simply moaned across

the garden fence,

the news, views, opinions

spreading like wildfire

on the jungle telegraph,

 

fast forward, any

amount of years and

people still have strong

opinions but now share

them emphatically with

the world at large, with

people they don’t and

will never get to know,

views and opinions now

called content, created

from the ether and sent

back into the ether

with bells on!

 

our world now awash with

venom, anger, rage and hate

has little content but more

than enough discontent!

few know their neighbours

local shops are closed

pubs too are now fewer

and far between, so

we have all become

creators, have all become

the new prophets with

mixed messages for all

the world

© Graham R Sherwood 3/25