Fake News In 4/4 (with a Blue Note)

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Fake News In 4/4 (with a Blue Note)

by Jazzy D




Snap — Anchor grins, cue the brass,
Teleprompt lies slip right past.
“Breaking, baby, breaking fast!”
Hold the note… is that the truth at last?

Doo-bop — Headline walks the bar in heels,
Half a fact is how it deals.
Quote unquote, spin the wheels,
Footnotes dancing on banana peels.

Shh — A source says, whispers low,
“Trust me, man, I heard it so.”
But sources riff and duck and blow
Smoke rings only insiders know.

Left screen screams fire, right hums rain,
Both play loud, both stake their claim.
Ticker taps a cool refrain:
What ain’t said drives the game.

Ba-dum — Now read  the rests, the empty air,
The solo hiding in the glare.
‘Cause news ain’t always what’s laid bare —
Sometimes it’s the silence that we wear.

Fade out.