Television

Brain-drainer

Bordain cussing, inbreeds fussing

Bieber sports new "do"

Ice road truckers, pawnshop suckers

Lohan lost her shoe

 

Retarded shows for peanut brains

Keep us nice and dumb

Think I’ll stand out in the rain

And gnaw off both my thumbs

Author's Note

I pay good money for cable tv, but seldom can find anything that's fit to watch.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so do i, and they are replacing all the good kind of shows with reality tv series...and Inside Edition which tells us everything we really didn't want to know about our entertainers...all i care about is that they entertain us.

cable is very expensive for what we get...only a handful of good shows anymore.

i grew up in the 50's and 60's...all the classic tv...where has it gone?

i really like the phrasing in this piece...

glad i found it.

jacob

[Samuel Dickens]

Thanks a lot, Jacob. I'm sixty-four, so you and I probably watched a lot of the same stuff. Quality on tv is hard to come by anymore.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"When i'm sixty-four!"

i'll be in two years...and yes, it is.

[Gray Witch]

Me too but sometimes i resort to the mind numbing ... safer than liquor (giggle)

[Jack Dawkins]

Like the poem Sam and are in sympatico with you. Reality TV is for people who don't have real lives and and like to watch people that are actually lamer the themselves.

[Samuel Dickens]

Thanks, Jack. Yes, the b**b tube de-evolves more each day.

[Renée]

A fun piece about the "stupid box" Don't watch it much..the history channel and old movies if I do... Oh old Twilight zone episodes ! q ;

[Samuel Dickens]

Thanks, Renee. I really believe television has sucked the iq out of millions of people.

[Renée]

I agree !

[Samuel Dickens]

I watch the history channel, too. Also food network and nature shows, when I can find them.

[Renée]

Idiot Abroad ...I forgot..I watch that q ; do you see my i q dropping as we speak? lol

[Samuel Dickens]

Better be careful.

[Renée]

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[Baby Ricochet]

I love funny poems and that was a great one! thanx

[Samuel Dickens]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Yes, TV programing is in a pretty terrible state.

[The Pain Stays Fresh]

Lol. I love it! I feel the same way. TV sucks nowadays.

[Suze]

Love it!!!! So true, so well put. Sometimes being in the rain gnawing at your thumbs is still better than whats on the television!

[patricia]

ha ha. great poem, you wont be able to use an umbrella if you gnaw off both your thumbs. enjoyed.

[Patrick]

love this! Its the vision of gnawing off thumbs...but then your writing would be hindered somewhat.

Totally in agreeement even though I own and watch one

[Michael G.]

Sam, not even OCC? But you gotta love Mikie!??! Or Razorback Football?
Seriously, this is an excellent write on a common reason most people will never read anything... we ever write. They forgot that reading can be fun... and thought provoking.
Great read, sir.