When All Is Said and Done

[Tiger the Lion]

I really enjoyed this one, Mark. Consider moving it to a workshop forum.

When All Is Said and Done

I like the feel of newspapers. I like simple statements for opening lines. This one says a lot about the N already...
I sort of miss the old Muntz nice line break on Muntz
black and white TV, and guiding
rabbit ears for a picture; even
the sound of the dead channels.
The old humming wires
have all been detached now. fantastic. Exactly how an aging narrator would say it

When I realize how much younger I think you could just say "how young" rather than "how much younger"
so many of today’s pundits are "are" is a tough one to end a line with. A comma after "are" might help?
I can almost understand why they
seem so certain that their strident
babbling will actually make a difference.
I made the same mistakes, yet try
to save my breath now

the transition between the strophe above and the one below is really well done - from one idea to the next without pause. Excellent

for conversations with dogs,
or various other animals.
The other day, my wife caught me
talking to the spider on our arbor
as I marveled at the silky perfection
of the trap he laid.  I wonder
how he learned his craft.

Or the cardinals; how they know
how to weave their nest.  And why I have an idea here, but it's a little specific. I'll hold onto it for now. (we're still in misc. after all)
don’t they migrate like the other birds? 
I have asked them.  I have not
gotten any answers, and don’t expect
I will. Yet their silence rings truer than today's
strident babbling- when more is said than done. Great end line. Though I'm a little confused why you used "strident babbling" twice. I'm sure you have your reasons, but for me it was a slight distraction from the power of the end line, rather than a reinforcement.

Good work, Mark. I really enjoyed it from the first read. Sorry for the extensive notes in MISC. but I felt it was warranted.