Freedom
Loneliness
and the TV
captures me
Saved only by
the mute button
letting me watch it
While it's quiet
silence precious
after stridence
VCR even better
tapes the nonsense
while screen's a blank
I'm reading Rilke
hearing Schubert
hoping…slightly
Later during dinner
fast forward
through it all
Keeps me active
pushing buttons thinking
how I hate it
And other forms
of conversation
with myself
America
she's all right
I'm free to watch
A lot
or not
free to rot
2/4-2/10, 8/3/96, 12/29/98, 2/11/07
Copyright 1996, 2007 by Maurice Leiter
Posted with permission.
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