Go To The Quiet Wood
The Media
by C.H. Sisson (What and Who, 1994):
1
The world is fabricated by
A gang of entertainers who
Have replaced God Almighty.
The universe, made in six days,
Is re-made every day by those
Who hear all that the newsman says,
For whom fact is replaced by gloze.
2
The air is full of noise,
The screen of caper:
Reality enjoys
No inch of paper.
The most expensive lies
Flourish in every home:
Great gulps of froth and foam
Win the first prize.
Go to the quiet wood
To hear the beating heart:
Leaf fall and breaking bud
Will play their part.
And so the truth is out
Which only quiet tells,
And as it does, its voice
Sounds like a peal of bells.”
