The Devils Eye
The Devils Eye
The devils eye is TV
Broadcasting live constantly
Bathing viewers in primordial light
An eye that never sleeps
Changing viewers into the walking dead
With all the talking heads and pundits
In a sewer of endless excellence
Promising 24 hours a day of constant entertainment
With a small collection at the end
A simple fee, a cost for something trivial and lost
Reasonable compensation for time well spent
Chasing channels, surfing without end, searching for the perfect event
Sex, violence and immortality
The devils light, the devils eye, is always on
TV watches you. It’s watching you expire
It never sleeps
Always there to serve you as the master
On with the show! The show must go on!
You can’t stop watching uncensored things
Or be concerned with constant caustic interruptions while you sleep
Devils eye rolls to eternity with souls in tow
A road less traveled is the one between the sofa and TV set
Remote controls resolved that tedious choir
Work is wrong for couch potatoes to perform
What could a demonic eye crave more?
Down to the last commercial
Credits running unknown names
Etched on graves are questions posed by game show hosts
Including; what’s behind door number two and to tell the truth
Never worry about being bored
The devils eye has your number and knows the score
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2014
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