Urban Legends: the They
Urban legends: The They
My grandmother always believed
When one watches t.v.,
there‘s an unidentified they inside
Watching you back, as they spied
in your house, on your habits, straight through your privacy
Who is this they engaging in domesticated piracy?
At first, we just discounted it like the dollar store
But the more she said it, to Orwell’s credit
I could no longer dismiss and ignore
After all, I was born in 1984
Time passed on as she passed away
But her warning of they echoed throughout the decades
Feeling nostalgic, I thought I’d watch an old classic, possibly dragnet
A Full House of Friends Mashin’ CHiPs preferred Carol Burnett
So I turned to the channel and then it happened
Somewhere in between the frequencies bounced around, lost in space,
There it was or what appeared to be they face
I quickly turned the TV off out of fear
reverberations of my grandmother’s warning began tuning my ear
I heard it loud and clear, too near it not to hear it, as the voice grew
“You think you watchin’ that TV, but they watching you!”
Written April 5th, 2017, for the Urban Legends contest sponsored by Nayda Negron
Copyright © Poetprentice Dupins | Year Posted 2017
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