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Tonight's Poet Corner: The Media's On Your Side

The Media's On Your Side by Belinda Roddie The panic's finally set in, glistening, like the handheld tears you saved in the back of your Adam's apple just in time for the cameras to see. But don't worry about losing the faith of the clueless, because they, and the media, are on your side. Go back to your milkshake days when you cleared the sugar air with broad interceptions, leather skin aneurysms, and the whole town was on its brick feet, rooting for you, until you decided to stick your greasy fingers into an unwilling victim's soft spot and shook her innards up like charbroiled indecency. Oh, and then spread it around. No amount of crocodile wailing will get the rational, the coherent, the heart-savvy folks to defend your glittery varsity gold medal honor. No clammering for top roles in overhyped sportsimania with the Cain stamp on your head. But hey, at least the small-stomached and hot-brained neophytes equipped with the gift of th

Today's OneWord: Truth

"You want the truth?" "Yes." "The whole truth?" "Yes." "Nothing but the truth?" "Yes, damn it! Tell me!" He puffed out his chest. "You can't handle the - " "And don't quote 'A Few Good Men,' for Christ's sake!" I spat. Sighing, he sat back down on the couch, forgetting about the warming glass of beer. He rolled his eyes. "If it makes you feel better," he muttered, "I was at the parade last night."