THE FOURTH ESTATE

WHAT YOU ASK IS MY OPINION OF THE PRESS?
IF I OWN A BEAUTIFUL CAT WITH AN HONEST FACE,
WITH APPEALING EYES, RIMMED IN BLACK, THAT I LOVE.
IF A DOWNY WOODPECKER CLIMBS A ROPE,
LURED TO MY HANGING SUET FEEDER AND I'M GLAD.
IF HONEY BEES SURROUND SUNFLOWER SEEDS
ON A STUMP, HIDING THEIR AGENDA, YET I'M PLEASED.
THEN TO THE NATIONAL PRESS, WHO DON'T INFORM,
BUT JUST PERVERT FACTS TO FURTHER THEIR ENDS,
I SAY - MY PUSS IS PRIESTLY, MY BEES ARISTOCTATIC, MY BIRD
A WORTHY SERF. IRRELEVANT IS THE FOURTH ESTATE.