Watching TV Together

from If Everything is All There Is by Michael McGuire

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The deliverance of the holy grail, A kiss that turns the world to ash, A hero’s holiday in hell, The little man makes a great big splash.

You and I we change the channel, The channel changes us, You and I talk thru commercials, Commercials talk thru us.

This man holds only his rejection, Till one day she appears, Drawn in digital perfection, The focus of his fears, Did he find her just to lose her, No; she turns the night to wine, Scripted bliss could only choose her, The writer's art the actor's line.

You and I we watch the show, And the show it watches us, You and I we understand the plot, And the plot understands us.

Dreams are made and milked, Worlds are saved and doomed, Dreamers pushed from their sheets of silk, Lovers striped and raped by the moon.

Beautiful bodies dissected into little soliloquies and asides, That led the audience to the alchemy, And the expectation in her eyes plays to the happy ending coda, And we fill our test tube with this chemistry.

You and I watch TV together, The TV watches us alone, You and I fall asleep with the TV on, The TV stays awake all night long.

July 06

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from If Everything is All There Is, released March 1, 2007

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