Managed Weather

The forecast learned to smile on cue Beneath a cleaner light Pressure entered wearing calm And crossed the room each night The map was still a map of weather The front was still the front But every word had learned its angle And every pause its use No break in the transmission No riot in the frame Only polish finding politics And weather learning names They managed weather now They managed weather now Kept the sky inside the camera And the pressure levelled out They managed weather now They managed weather now The forecast learned to smile And make uncertainty look sound More channels, but the room still listened More choice, but not yet drift The same day entering by surfaces The same front given lift What once arrived in formal measure Now came rehearsed and bright A little more like reassurance A little less like night You could feel the tone grow smoother You could hear the edges hide Conviction passing through cosmetics Confidence with better light They managed weather now They managed weather now Kept the sky inside the camera And the pressure levelled out They managed weather now They managed weather now The forecast learned to smile And make uncertainty look sound Not yet the feed Not yet the fracture Not yet the hand in every stream Still the room Still the bulletin Still the managed common dream But the weather had grown conscious Of the face it chose to wear And trust began to change its posture While the signal filled the air They managed weather now They managed weather now The front arrived with better posture And a tie that settled doubt They managed weather now They managed weather now The forecast learned to smile Before the sky broke open out