categorical

information overload
news cycle bombardment
we need the feed
like a junkie needs smack
it overwhelms
and disarms
and lends false power
but lacks context
the screen divided
by partisan foes
shouting non sequiturs
and in this garbled jargon
we are meant
to become literate
to discern the world
and learn our place in it
see the world in fragments
through bitter dialectics
as told by shills and hucksters
with hatred and fear
toting agendas aplenty
and yet
in the hubbub and hullabaloo
where little rings as true
this remains categorical
love gives the better view