gogglebox gogglebox

mindboggling bogglebox

every time we sit and watch

is a dance to the death of life

as we knew it in the days before.

TV reality, reality TV

reverse polarity, reverse reality.

Forming opinions constantly

absorbing opinions monstrously

Pavlov's dogs were trained to react

we are already beyond that

thou shalt accept the fact

all good things will come to thee

via the medium of T     V    

all feelings known to man

inside you like a mammogram

nostalgia neuralgia

brutal hearts laid bare on surgery tables

misfit's antics in a stifled room

extremes of weather death by drowning

entertainers grotesquely clowning

people's habits torn apart

examined from the end to the start.

landscapes bathed in sweeping sun

formulaic crimes laid bare with

matted storylines for all to share

celebrities we can invite

into our average damaged lives

to make a plaster cast for us

to look upon with tunnelled view

minute by minute rolling news

with trailers of forthcoming interviews

about the rolling news

chummy mummy and bearded dads

holding baby and acceptable fads

irksome adverts designed to annoy

in repetition the master ploy

you shalt absorb this visual gunge

within your willing cerebral sponge

it's quite alright

 

your spirit is crying for the light.