read or watch the news
everything hurts
but you honor your tears
over the injustices of the world
as if they were
insurgents against
the power of the Crown
because they are
even so
it’s too much, isn’t it
so you give up one day
decide to turn away
by turning off the news
no more tears —
isn’t this better?
the Crown remains dry
and you remain happy
’tis folly to be wise
I guess
but from where I stand
it seems to me that
ignorance of the world
is bliss but it’s still
ignorance — and
if there are two things
the Crown has proven
for centuries
that it knows how to use
they are
ignorance and bliss
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