If politics becomes mere entertainment
Along with everything else
The temptation germinates and rapidly grows to vote
For the strangest, most dangerous possibility
Just because of morbid curiosity
The favorite hors d'oeuvre of the death drive:
“I don’t know; all of this is sort of crazy and stupid anyway…let’s see what happens next.”
Be careful
Everything is not a mere fiction
A spectacle for our diversion and titillation
Reality is not television
If you treat life like a disgusting, bizarre spectacle
That is exactly what it will become
Not just for those hapless players on the screen
For you and yours
Proceed with caution
Things are about to get real
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Comments (4)
This sounded very threatening 😅 Loved your poem!
"Reality is not television" exactly right! Nice poem.
I love the secret objective behind this... Love your poem! 💓
Oh, D.K.. I feel the warning here so ominously. Be careful who you pick for your leaders. Unsettling times. Great poetical invective.