Disclaimer
Before my favorite show began,
A message filled the screen
To let the viewers be prepared,
For violence would be seen.
This show is violent every week –
There’s murder, blood and gore;
And last night’s show had nothing
That it hadn’t shown before.
The station heads, however, felt,
In light of recent news,
Perhaps a scene of savagery
Was not what most would choose.
It’s strange to think of being warned
From viewing death in fiction
Because of real life tragedy –
It’s quite a contradiction.
I’d rather watch a TV show,
Which I know isn’t real,
Than to view the anguish parents
Of those murdered children feel.
I glanced at the disclaimer
Then escaped into my show.
The “dead” were only actors,
Which was very good to know.
Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2012
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