The Cult of the Cathode
 
 

The modern mind is dimly lit
by the dull fluorescent glow
of a television set in its deep recesses,
churning out show after show.

We are too busy staring
to find time to be amazed
and the message is completely lost
in our blank and mindless gaze.

We are too busy hearing
the plethora of sound
to find time to listen to the words
great men through time expound.

If TV and computers
are the path to civilisation
take me to the Dark Ages,
where they had imagination.
 
 

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Nick Kellaway 
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