Media

white walls of
television screens
where the future lays
hidden in static
images
and smoky effects

behind recycled cans
and beer bottle labels
under skirts of
cheerleaders
and slogans
for consumers

in pages of bias
and speeches decorated
with patriotic backgrounds
and empty promises

on MTV
laden with Fox(es)

just out of reach
are bifocals
and remote controls

and ending the search
is an e-truth
sited by mothers of soldiers
and voiceless

corpses

who believed in it all
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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