Me And Television

When I was young,
there was an article
in the TV Guide
which asked us readers
if we had to choose,
would we give up TV
for a million dollars?
and I pondered this
at the time,
because I was so addicted
to the television,
that I wasn't sure
that I would give it up
for a million dollars,
even though
I really wanted
a million dollars,
so as I grew older
the TV began
to bother me
more and more,
and even began
to make me sick
and crazy,
but I still
couldn't give it up,
and so,
finally,
when I got to be
about sixty years old,
I had enough of it,
and I disconnected
the cable,
and turned it off
for good,
and it was the best thing
that I had done
for a long time,
and I don't regret it,
but, you know,
every once in a while,
I still get
a little craving
for the old
talking box.

Image Is Everything And Smiling Faces

There was a commercial with a tennis player/ who was saying/ that image is everything/ but we all knew/ that he was wrong/ that image isn't everything/ that there is always/ something deeper in everything/ that isn't present in the image/ and there was a song/ called smiling faces/ where they sang/ that smiling faces/ can come from someone/ who actually is trying to stab you in the back/ but we also knew/ that smiling faces/ are often from someone/ wonderful/ who actually is smiling at us/ because they like us/ and are not going to stab us in the back/ so what is needed is understanding/ and sometimes/ that is difficult/ to get