you know what to do…

point and squeeze

Shoot me if I start watching TV again.

I don’t want to be

like the old lady in the wheelchair

who turns, with some visible pain,

to gaze at the TV screen as she’s pushed past it.

I don’t want to be

like the old guy in the fitness room

who sits on his exercise chair

and looks up, fixated with mouth agape,

at the TV screen that won’t stop talking.

I don’t want to be

like the people in the waiting room

who can’t stop looking

at the TV screen

with the sound turned down.

Keep an eye on me—you know what to do.

May 14, 2025

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