Where's The Clicker??

"I've got elastic bands keeping my shoes on; got those swollen-hand blues.
I got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from..." - Pink Floyd

I've been becoming discouraged and disenchanted
with modern cable television programs.
Real/Chance, Ray J., and Bret Michaels are holding competitions for love.
There's a meatball yelling at a milkshake.
Slightly entertaining - only slightly.

Tool Academy has it all wrong.
If the girls really want their men to change
they shouldn't dangle money in front of them
because that will be their goal - not you!
So fake.
Stupid.
And an utter waste of time.

All because we are focused on watching the lives of others.
and prefer to take a backseat on our own.
Roger Waters is a prophet
as he foretold the coming of horrible television.
And I'd rather rub my eyes with soap
than watch a soap opera.

VH1, and all that other stuff
can kiss my butt.
Where's the clicker, I'm watching Discovery.....

— infinite_dwarf, Jan 27, 2009

About This Poem

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Region, Country: North Carolina, USA, USA

Favorite Poets: E.A. Poe, Lewis Carroll, Charles Bukowski, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlenghetti.

Critiques

infinite_dwarf

17 years 4 months ago

Gahhh! Where's my poem?!

Gotta re-write it... stay tuned... ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- -"Handle every situation like a dog: if you can't eat it, or screw it, piss on it and walk away!"

Proprietress o…

17 years 4 months ago

look, your poem's back!

I decided to stop watching altogether. I moved into a new apartment and just thought "weeell... you know...no." and I was a real tv-junkie before that. yes, there are a few people out there that get addicted but aren't necessarily dumb-mainstream-loving-loners... not having a tv is working great. now I HAVE to concentrate on my writing and photography (which I study). I am going to have to spend money on a library card, though, or else my boyfriend and I might just end up killing each other... ;-) an amusing write, Jess. your Proprietress

IKnowNoBox

17 years 4 months ago

Tapped Vision

When the Medium kills imagination. Sensationalism is so easy to subscibe to. How much skill does one need to watch TV? Family craft time is replaced with Family Rerun Nights. Even "reality" TV is scripted now. The BBC, and as you mentioned Discovery ChNnel. I Know No Box

yenti

17 years 4 months ago

Trapped Visionaries

How many people now are controlled in a mindless state of watching a Coloured box on a table or a wall, that continuously traps them in a veg state of mostly lies or the make believe. If I remember right it was the wrath of God that held them in mindless states before where they could not read and were bombarded by the thought of being sent to Hell if they did not conform, What do we teach our children to do, Oh the God of facebook and networking has come in to my mind for I still have one, but if I grow much older will I have the energy to resist. LOL Damn these tablets they are to weak, wish I could get out of this padded room to by some stronger ones, Yours Ian.T he he

prayersbyPatty

17 years 4 months ago

Hey Dwarf

I like this posting cause its just about chit-chat. Hope school is going good for you. I really love your picture you have now, it was always my favorite. I still do not have cable and have learned to live with more music than TV. I can get more done that way.......... Take care, Patty

JWwildcat2012

17 years 3 months ago

You slid down the banister of life the wrong way.........

And the splinters of television targeted your crotch.TV can be frustrating,i know.The only release I get is the occasional movie,or another folly from a dumb criminal on TRU TV.Some shows and commercials can get arm-bitingly stupid.Bret michaels needs to drink poison.....(ha,ha.Get it?),if I see another reality based ghost hunt,or some dunce doing ridiculous things for prize money,im going to run myself over with my own car....So,HA! The rubbing your eyes with soap than watch a soap opera made my sides hurt.I love a humorous write,and i add this one to the list.Good job. Your friend,in peace(but his TV in the dumpster), Scott.