Impedimenta

I open my mind to poetic whimsies,

   but the clatter of the TV voices

   makes it hard to listen to

   the other spirits who fill the ether,

      who strive to call, each to each,

         and to me.

I open my eyes to new vistas

beyond my familiar view,

   but the dervish clutter of dancing logos

   and streaming headlines

   and indulgently obscure commercial images

   makes it hard to clearly see

   the protean scenes

   that may ripen my life.

The beguiling screen fades to dark.

I breathe in, deeply….

I’m wide open.

August 23, 2016

Published February 2017 in my first collection, Writing Rainbows: Poems for Grown-Ups

(I was trying to write in a waiting room, where I couldn’t find a seat that wasn’t facing a TV screen. Dante Alighieri never imagined this particular hell…)

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