For There Can Be Surprise

For there is more than a blank dark screen The white dot doth to and fro venture Is there more than a continuous hum? The ploppityclip of the white broad band Doth blithely dance Is that the sound of a gnat's wing batting Amidst the droning hum? Waiting, waiting, waiting When will something come? When will something happen? Living life--waiting, wishing, waiting For there can be surprise Shocking, joyous or otherwise Can we speed it up, let's make Something happen !! The white line--does it snap No need to care, monotonous buzz-- A joke? Startled I am! For there can be surprise. (This poem is best to be read in front of a television tuned into a channel without a program so the static noise can readily be heard)