Northern Flickers at the front porch over the last two days. (Better than the news)

"I lived in the first century of world wars.

Most mornings I would be more or less insane,
The newspapers would arrive with their careless stories,
The news would pour out of various devices
Interrupted by attempts to sell products to the unseen."

from Poem by Muriel Rukeyser

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/poem-i-lived-in-the-first-century-of-world-wars