np a newspaper

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A newspaper, stephen  crane 

A news paper is a collection of half injustices
which, bawled by boys from mile to mile,
spreads its curious opinion
to a million merciful and sneering men, 
while families cuddle the joys of the fireside
when spurred by tale of dire lone agony. 
A newspaper is a court
where everyone is kindly and unfairly tried
by a squalor of honest men. 
a newspaper is a market
where wisdom sells its freedom
and melons are crowned by the crowd.
a newspaper is a game
where his error scores the player victory
where another's skill wins death.
A newspaper is a symbol;
It is feckless life's chronicle, 
a collection of loud tales
concentrating eternal stupidities, 
that in remote ages lived unaltered, 
roaming through a fenceless world.