It steals your morning, noon and night
It doesn’t care for your to-do list
It can certainly hinder your eyesight
It has never shown up on a checklist

Never ceasing to captivate
Never working to educate
Never offering help or friendship
Never giving you more than a clip

Constantly standing between you and them
Constantly glaring down with its unfazed glow
Constantly working to simply condemn
Constantly beckoning: “Just sit and follow.”

It is dumbing down a nation
It is creating “reality” strife
It’s crushing your potential creation
It’s set to wage war with your life

Television, it loves you.