Dim Monsters Move

Maybe doomscrolling demonstrates something
More than manipulated compulsion.
Maybe you know the real news is moving
Somewhere under all the breaking clamor,
And you know you’re not glimpsing it, you know
You’re missing something and must keep looking.

Old news outlets often run side hustles
In which they market the news of the day
Of your birth. Even given retrospect,
You’ll notice it’s generally not much
Of anything really significant,
And anything you sense between the lines
You attend to thanks to the surrounding
Decades of context. Still, in the lines’ cage . . .