Christopher Flaherty Poet Free verse

From Good To Worse With No Less Talent

I went and appeared on a 
t.v reality show

And instead of changing my life
and making me a star

It ruined my life and made it
worse instead

It never made me and i didn't
become famous afterwards
like they said it would

And now they won't even take
my calls

Because they are way to busy 
auditioning new contestants
for this year's show

And i am yesterday's news 

And the same fate awaits this
year's fresh meat they just don't
know it yet

Famous so long as the camera's
are rolling 

And once the series finally comes
to it's inevitable end so do the
privileges and lifestyle with it

Kicked back to the day job
only this time with a soured
taste of the good life

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Gary Radice November 19, 2020 at 10:53 AM Love this Christopher. There's nothing more unreal than reality TV. Christopher Flaherty November 20, 2020 at 11:58 AM To me Gary it's the very definition of Oxymoron . Reality = Unreal Talent = Talentless

David Kavanagh November 18, 2020 at 3:46 PM Nothing tv, media, like better than putting somebody up on a pedestal and see it ripped from beneath them, don’t watch reality tv myself Christopher, like your poem says, it’s on to the fresh meat but the same old stale format, cheers David Christopher Flaherty November 20, 2020 at 12:00 PM Yeah David Fresh meat for the Tabloids especially there downfall afterwards

Jan Allison November 17, 2020 at 11:56 PM .... and hence the reason I do not watch reality TV! Good one Christopher:-) hugs Jan xx (the captcha is MUD... they certainly do did the dirt when folk fall our of favour) Christopher Flaherty November 20, 2020 at 11:59 AM Indeed Jan Cheers Ta