Caution: These Verses May Be

Anticipating That Most Poetry Will Be Worse Than Carrying Heavy Luggage Through O'hare Airport, The Public, To Its Loss, Reads Very Little Of It.

After Two Years Studying What Rewrite Men Did With The Facts I Phoned Them, I Knew That Journalism Was Essentially A Task Of Stringing Together Seamlessly An Endless Series Of Cliches.

Journalist: A Person With Nothing On His Mind And The Power To Express It.

Journalism Talk Is Part Of The Nonstop Background Noise Of American Life.

There's So Much Spectating Going On That A Lot Of Us Never Get Around To Living.