Television

A poem by Janice Leber, Chopped Liver Productions
c 1995

TELEVISION is burning up
the rain forest of my mind:
          a rich green undergrowth of subconscious
          smothering in commercial jingles,
               reeking devastation
               to my entire ecosystem.

TELEVISION is eating up
     the ozone layer of my mind:
          a thick protective layer of discrete logic
          withering in the glow of the cathrode ray
               and its only function,
               narcotizing dysfunction.

TELEVISION is poisoning
      the oceans of my mind:
          a vast cool sea of initiative
          surrending to toxic diversions
               thief of my money,
               thief of my time

This poem appears as a song on our CD "Virtually Real."