Fake News | A Poem by Truth Teller

I get more than a little tired of

Hearing erroneous "facts" promulgated

By fake news outlets, the very 

Same ones that label real news fake.

I don't understand how people can

Be so consumed by fear and anger

That they believe anything that 

Reinforces their baser instincts,

No matter how much those false beliefs

Hurt others, completely forgetting

The most basic humanity.

It will be a great day when our society

Begins to value truth over money and

The shadowy figures that get rich

From misinformation are called out

For their falsehoods and rendered

Irrelevant because truth and 

Rationality have prevailed.