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Chorus of Newsmen (1922)
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THE ARTS
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4 / 1990 |
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John Greening
John Greening is a widely published poet residing in
Huntingdon, England. |
We are looking for a story.
A running story, like the war.
But not the war.
An English story.
Like Jack the Ripper.
Like the Titanic.
Like Scott of the Antarctic.
We miss the hot lead
We used to catch.
We miss those fat statistics
That used to cover our front pages.
We can do nothing with this
Latest dance, that latest creation.
We are ready to jump into an aeroplane
And leave for any part of the globe.
(What is that Messenger carrying
So swiftly from Dover?)
We need a story.
(Who is that recluse reminiscing
Amid the cigar-smoke?)
We need a story.
(And what is being unsealed?
And why that smile?
And whose are the words on that telegram?)
We are looking for a story
For the aristocracy at breakfast,
For the middle-classes on the train,
For the working-man on the street-corner.
(And why has the Editor of the Times
Gone to Newbury Races?)
Something to do with money.
One story that is a total
Eclipse of the sun and will last
Until the next war.
Something to do with death.
(And why has the Earl of Carnarvon
Cancelled all his engagements?)
Something to do with mystery.
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