Static
Is this how my TV feels every time it shows a screen full of static?
Out of sorts, unable to comprehend the signals coming in; or maybe
the lack of it? Does it feel frustrated when a supposedly knowing hand
yanks out the power cable and fixes it back in, in the hope that a
reset would turn the static to fluid pictures?
Does it get angered when ignorant hands pick up the remote control and
flip from channel to channel, willing it to show something other than
static? Does it fume?
Does it roll it’s eyes when over eager hands ‘pat’ it not so gently
to see if it will make the thing on the screen change? Does it cringe
at their touch? Does it feel pain when the pats are rough or hard?
Does it smile when a sensitive user picks up the remote control and
thinks to tune and search for the right signal? Does it rejoice when
the black and white dancing dots give way to a shaky picture? To the
beginning of something clear? Does its heart fall in disappointment when
the picture is still shaky, dancing from the bottom to the top of the
screen with multiple lines running through and the user stops tuning and leaves?
Is it able to trust when finally a user with the patience to follow through comes
along and tunes until the picture is clear and the audio is right too?
I wonder if these are the things my TV feels when all there is is static,
and if it is then I guess I’m not much different from my TV.
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