It is so easy now

the little gadget does it all

use only one finger

to turn on

to change a channel

flipping back and forth

I remember when

we only had 3 channels to watch

you had to get up and physically

walk to the TV

to turn the dial

to change the channel

it was good exercise

and kept us from becoming

couch potatoes

now the multi-talented remote

does all the work

stops, records, advances with just a touch

flip through 100 channels

on the way to TV delirium 

we live such sedentary lives

letting the remote do all the work

while we have become part of the furniture

since we never move

we are not even remotely active

except for our exercised index finger

clicking on the buttons.