Modern TVators
by
Kathy Dingus


Images that I’ve lately seen
From this box that brings the world to me
This thing referred to as a t.v.
Have been so very disturbing.
Hurricanes and Himacanes
There’s no bias as to gender
We watch like zombies to everything
As this land is torn asunder
Starving babes in mother’s
arms
Could not be any thinner
As others scrap for bags of food
We watch while eating dinner
Men and women do foolish
things
In the spirit of competition
No shortage of stunts to be performed
"Reality" gets our attention.
Politicians run backstabbing
campaigns
Well, I suppose they always have been
Wars and clerics join the scene
We watch to see just who’ll win.
Plentiful are late night
shows
With talk show host comedic
We laugh at things obscure and insane
Excuse it as therapeutic.
Our children watch like we
used to
Programs made just for them
With plots so violent and unkind
Their innocence has been stolen.
The media report with great
glee
All catastrophes of the day
Each murder trial is fair game
What will Nancy Grace say
Images that I’ve lately seen
From this box that brings the world to me
This thing referred to as a t.v.
Have been so very disturbing.
by KayDee
Author's Comments:
"Images of starving masses in Haiti and the Sudan really have preyed
upon my mind, and it's made me more thankful for what I do have and not
to worry about what I don't. This one is new and probably needs some tweaking...so
be kind. I think we're like the Romans who watched the Gladiators with adandon...thus
the title Modern TVators. :)"

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