This TV War (Original Poem)

This TV War.

Flicks on over dinner.
It's a terrible thing to happen
Terrible.
So many dead.
In that dusty beige diorama
Drama is unfolding.
We watch
Without holding
A single
Man
Woman
Or child
Accountable,
For these mediocre
Special effects.

This TV War
Is
Fairly watchable.
Almost passable
Entertainment.
A 5 minute cause
With
No hero,
No subtitles,
No celebrity.

We live in an age
Where outrage is hard
To sustain
Long enough
To change
The channel.

This TV War,
Is on every night!
A corporate
battle for you.
In the time
Before
Ratings
and
A million views,
This TV War
Used to be
The news.