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Danielle L.

The News

Make-up and static smiles are the tangible vehicles of stoicism.
Garish newscasters relay the facts with fixed articulation,
The content is indifferent.
Have you ever seen a newscaster cry on the job?

A paradox between the tones you hear,
And the stories they carry, separate the viewers
From the weight of the murders, genocides, and earthquakes.
After all, nobody wastes their tears on the news.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2012 EDITION]