Can you really
would you really
really call this living now
Could you really
would you really
really call this life
Do you think you're
part of something
does it really matter now
Bottom of the
fraction is what
to which you do aspire
Is it such a fiasco
dead zones you surely know
does it even show
Is it dread to know
things are not evenflow
does it even show
Why don't you tell me
what you see
when you stare at your TV
is it simple zomblicity
Can this really be
all you need
strange form of reality
how long before your soul cannot feel
Reality is not televised
Reality happens when the power is off
Author notes
Reality is something meant to be experienced not viewed from the sofa.
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Nicley done
Reality shows suck. cheap TV for the mass's who do not, cannot live for themselves.
It is a sad we find ourselfves in when Paris Hilton, the Osbournes and Co vie for top billings.
After all the Simpsons and King of the hill have more about them and they're cartoons. Come think of it Paris hilton is pretty much two dimensional too.
I can do with out TV but I must admit I doo like a bit of Nat Geo.
A good ranting write, it hit's home.
Dave
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The last two lines are powerful and well written, this was a very interesting read and I'm glad I stopped by and got the chance to read it! Will read more of your work int he future
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Thanks for the read, just not much of a tv fan. Written in response to couch potato syndrome.
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Perfect description. I feel like crap everytime I stare at TV. It is sad ones day falls into nowhere.
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Yeppers!!
I listen to music and read at most opps. Do like Discovery, History and Food though. I guess I don't look for mindless entertainment.
Peace
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clever and sharp tongue. love this, get rid of reality tv. i wonder if marylin manson meant this in half of statement "kill your god, kill your TV" there are so many supporters of reality Tripe Vision i wonder if we're in a lost world.
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The statement of Mr. Warner carries an awful lot of truth. Many of his works are more about the evils we allow to reside within us and/or our society that any sort of devil crap. I have a couple of works that are heavily indebted to "Mechanical Animals" I think that reality tv is that final lowest common denominator...now you no longer have to worry about seeing anything that might cause you to have some sort of independent thought.
Maybe I just think too much.
Thanks for the read and getting it.
Peace
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Awesome! I like this, and I will say that TV has gotten a little crazy, especially with all of the reality shows. I like what you did with this poem. Great job. Reality is truely when the power is off. I don't even get much time to look at a TV anymore..lol. Anyway, great write.
Spoken
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Sorry I missed this...
Thanks much, glad you liked this. Most of my television consists of PBS kids, I have 9 grandchildren.
Peace
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Great, strong message in these lyrics. Especially when there truly are too many people becoming zombified by the unreality of too much televised reality. This has a catchy flow with great rhyme.
"Things are not evenflow" - too many people trust that you are wrong in this line. Too many people believe there is constant evenflow and there is not. Nothing is even...
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Thanks for taking notice of the "evenflow" comment. It seems that now that television has found that lowest common denominator they were searching for, they want to finish smashing the bell as flat as they can.
Peace
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ahh reality TV
if I want reality, I'll eat peyote. THAT I can trust....reality tv...not so much
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Have not done the Shroom since the ealry 80's. Haven't dropped since early 90's. My reality is altered enough through meditation and burnt offerings. Praise be to Richard Cunningham.
Peace
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a great write
I almost agree. Hell I'd much rather read then watch, do then read..but with some of the science channels it isn't quite the wasteland it used to be. But better to experience then be voyeuristic -
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I live in the land of basic-basic cable. I get Discovery and TLC, our local PBS station is going off the air due to budget constraints....I read most of the time.
This is not so much of a rant against television as it is about the slate of "reality" fare that seems to be taking over, I know the trend will pass, most of the populace has a gnat like attention span. Like the old Alice Cooper song says-you have a choice, you can turn me off. "Lay down and die, goodbye"-1969
Peace
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I agree wholeheartedly. there is so mcuh more to the world then what is given to us. when we allow ourselves to be owed by the media they make us into mass marketed robots that like what they want us to like. awesome job!
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Thanks much for the read and comment. I keep hoping that one day the sheep will look up. It is a rare and wonderful thing for me to find anything I enjoy on the tube, I admit I enjoy LOST and a few other shows, most of it is a wasteland.
Peace
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nice
I think this is great, and I love the clever use of repetition. Again, your work reminds me of songs that a friend of mine has written, this time one called "Tevilision" (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=153263&songID=2807003)
"Reality is not televised"
("the revolution will not be televised...")
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Thanks for the read and comment. I think the repetition fits well because of the repetition of the subject. I know people who get home from work turn on the tube and then sit quietly for three hours engaged with the tube.....just don't get it.
Peace
what type of tune is yer friends tune mine=heavy
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Good lyrics
I agree that just viewing is pretty boring at this point which is why creative interaction via the internet wins out. So the reality of my creative life depends on the power being on.
I just wanted to add that reading your page I saw where you said people who delete comments are cowards. Not necessarily, sometimes the comments mislead future readers and personally, I would prefer they were hidden as they garner more attention than the poem oftentimes.
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First, thanks for the read and comment, much appreciated. I tend to listen to music and write.
If a comment is some vitriolic rant or some such I can see deleting it. A comment is what you can expect to get whenever you post something on here, if you are afraid of what might be lurking in the woods, by all means do not enter. I find some of them quite entertaining, especially when I go on their pages and cannot find anything worth commenting about. People's comments may show more about who they really are than their work does, I say let your light shine, even if it exposes you for what you really are.
Peace
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an interesting and thought provoking write, hopefully most on here are here for their love of the writen and spoken word and so are prevented from becoming zombified tv addicts, i beleive in the old saying we have , that telivision is a conversation killer(maybe in some homes this is a good thing
,i myself have always beleived in th epower of the written word and in th efact that if you can read you can learn, 
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The place where I am lodging currently has a tv addict. If this person is home the tv is on. They will even have it on when there is no programming they wish to view. The tv is on all night long, they are so dependent upon it they must have it on to sleep. If you turn it off, they wake up. This has caused a bit of an issue concerning my writing, I prefer silence when I write. TV has its uses, I watch a menu of PBSkids with my grands. We discuss what is happening in the program and explain the why.
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maybe this person could wear earphones so as not to disturb others? or alternately you could plug your ears while you write? not the best situation i agree but at least you could both enjoy your own prefered pastime then. tv for some can be a comforting companion.
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I told you that Hecate was my Patron Godess, that I was in an accident at a crossroads. I believe it was her protection that kept me from death that day. In my year of recuperation, I re-read all my college books (even my brokers exam books) but I refused to watch TV. I admit I broke down and watched maybe 10 hours with family in the course of that year. I refused to become a couch potato even if I had to be in bed. I am proud to say that, at the very least, I didn't turn into a "Zombie."
Excellent topic, excellent poem and completely on point. I wish this issue was addressed more often.
Blessed Be,
Rae
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I have never been a big fan of the tv. A few select shows over the years. Much of it seems to be either "cookie cutter" or aimed at the lowest common denominator. I like books.
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Very interesting poem. I love the title. I personally have not watched tv in about 6 months.
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Thanks for the comment, I was listening to a lot of System of a Down when I wrote this one. I tend towards Discovery and LOST. I would rather read and/or listen to music. Just started "Celebrated Crimes" by Dumas.
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Music is very powerful. System of a Down has inspired some poems of mine as well.
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Lately I been on a Motorhead, SOAD, COC, and Black Label Society kinda thing.
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Kill your TV
Amen!
This is great! I'd rather live my life- than watch other people pretending to live!
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Exactly- I tend to have the tunes cranked up when I am home and doing stuff. It is preferred.
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Haha, reminds me of a saying. "I find TV very educating, whenever someone turns it on, I go into the other room and read" or something to that effect. It's true that people think TV can be reality, and you pointed it out well. I liked how you used more commonplace language. Isn't the internet practically the same though? I don't know, I'm rambling now. Anyway, nice poem.
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I believe that the problem with the internet is the same sort of thing I have with TV. People want to believe what they read or see without backing it up by corroborating the facts. One thing that must be remembered is that even truth is subjective and even the historian has a point of view to support.
Thanks for reading.
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the first three stanzas are my favourites for rythym, the last four for content. this is excellent.
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The first four stanzas use the same staccato rapid speak, stanzas five and six kick even harder, as fast as you can manage, slow down to sardonic questioning level for the rest of it.
Peace
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very nice to hear poetry from like minded people. its good that the hallucinatory beams can't catch us all in there gaze.
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Studies have shown that for most programming the brain is functioning at a lower level that when asleep. The only way for the brain to atrophy at a quicker rate than television viewing is to achieve a brain dead coma.
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yes KILL YOUR TV
lol love it ... i hate tv .. in fact it used to be something ... but now it seems the last truly free form of uncensored or sold out crap is poetry
love the write and subject
~teddybare~
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There is still some decent programming out there. If you go back and actually look at the programming of the past you might find the level of crap vs decent hasn't changed much since the 60's.
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i kind of agree
i watch a couple of shows the simpsons being one of them so i guess there still some let me ask you this ... whens the last time do you think they have put on any news of substance?
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Really guilty pleasures are the aforementioned "Simpsons) and the nefarious "Family Guy". Ont the subject of news programming I would reccomend the new hour on PBS even though that has been suffering of late. For a good view from a fairly objective source I would reccomend BBC world report, this is a radio program. BBC America if you can get it through cable or sattelite.
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ahhhhhh...the idiot box........
I was a little bored then most.....
i never switched it on...
and when i did...
there was no difference...
Superb!
It does not take much for the human mind to be distracted from the norm...
escape is as old as mankind itself...
drugs...booze ....TV.......
it has already done its damage on mankind...turning the power off is futile...
it has already told us how to live and look and believe.
Man stared at fire for hundreds of years....only they were lost in their own thoughts instead of someone else's....
Reality happens when we all start thinking for ourselves.....no hero in a book or TV ...
will bring us closer to knowing what our lives really need....reality has been the one elusive thing to mankind....
it is what he strives to avoid.
You have me pondering my friend .....again....
questioning what is real.....how we perceive ourselves....
and asking......am i in touch with myself and my world..
in most cases ...no.....
and in most cases i consider it a blessing...
not a curse....
what the real question is....
what is it that we try so desperately to escape....
never knowing what so called reality really is...
it humors me that we go so far out of our way to avoid it...
one day i shall try it...
maybe it's not that bad.
Fantastic philosophy my brother...
you never disappoint.
Bless you always brother,
Lowell
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I enjoy reading your commentary on my works as well as others nearly as much as yer stuff mister. Always a good strong flow.
Thanks for the read,
Peace Brother,
Michael
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wow this is sooo different, and so damn true, i love it, you have such a clever way with words, ans such a unique edge on things. you should be very very proud of this my friend
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Thanks Theresea, As I am now in an apparently stable relationship with a wonderful gal, I can let the dark murkies out to play.
Peace
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REAL AS IT GETS!!!
Goodness you have captured my heart with this poem.I absolutely cannot stand so-called reality t.v. You've said more than a mouthful with this poem and your author's note. The last line of your poem could have stood by itself and been a piece on its own. -
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Thanks much for the commentary. I find it somewhat disheartening that the masses are so distressed by the possibility that they may have to think whilst in front of the TV. Usually if a program requires the masses to do anything other than sit in Zomblical bliss it doesn't make it past season one. Shows like LOST, Scrubs, are the exception. Pushing Daisies appears to be headed for the chopping block.
Thanks again,
Amelus
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