Sense Sonnet - Tickler

Reader's Digest

The morning newspaper I read
As I am eating breakfast, too.
First, I check out the headline lead,
And then I tear it off and chew.
Most times the news is not so good,
And it is hard to swallow it.
Indigestion's a likelihood,
But I eat each page, bit by bit.
Breakfast is the most vital meal,
So I need fast food for the brain.
Well informed is how I do feel.
The tummy's loss is the mind's gain.

It's amazing the weight I lose
Just by eating up the day's news.