Short Pbs Poems

an east meets west show
the Navaho laid low-
on western art nouveau

* a baize and handspun wool blanket-widely pictured in Stikley's Arts& Crafts mag 'Craftsman' 
c 1900

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/tucson_200601A55.html...

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watching the boob tube
not a waste of time
PBS is good
got me through grade school
use to watch Hunter
Virginia
on Friday nights
the step daughters
loved their Baywatch
eighty-six
world series
eyes were glued
Red Sox
they lost
shucks...

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Today as any day,
No more, No less.
Programmed obliqueness.
Awakening,
Shower to clean,
Breakfast to UN-fast.
PC and Poetry, for the mind,
Wal-Mart to refurbish,
Then we dine.
PBS,
PC and Poetry,
Card game and munch.
Supper,
TV,
Then, bedtime.
Today as any day,
No more, No less,
Scheduled obliqueness.
Silently, more or less....

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To all of you guys who insist on wearing your pants hanging below your butt.
Here's some information for all of you that you may not be aware of.
That dress code is rooted from prison living.
Prisoners who display themselves that way are advertising
that they'll sexually prostitute themselves for cigarettes or protection.
It's known as PBS (Prison Bitch Syndrome)....

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(This is a fictional poem)

PBS has some quality shows and they no longer allow people to watch without 
paying.
They beat the hell out of me and now the hospital is where I'm staying.
I got beat up so bad that I had to have some amputations.
From now on I'm going to make damn sure that I give them donations.
I'm going to tell you something that you must do.
Give PBS money or they'll kick your ___ too....

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Documentary on The War *
More and more and more!
America the Great.
Nam to Watergate,
With plenty more in store.

Don't know if I'm pessimistic
or just a shade realistic.
Politicians lie.
Easy sales. We buy!
Perhaps a bit simplistic.

It was "way back then."
Sam took it on the chin.
I'll watch it all.
I did my call,
But I wouldn't do it again


*18 hour (!!!)  television series about the Vietnam War currently showing on PBS...

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These Boys, Now Men **
They died with pride on a numbered 
hillside for they were Marines.
These boys, now soldiers,
taught not meek hand-holders,
taught how to fight
growing up overnight,
these boys, now men.
In a pointless strife
giving up life
these boys, now men.
What is now, what was then,
Heroes, all of them. 

** Written after viewing my first episode being inspired by Ken Burns PBS TV series on Vietnam 
--Jack Avergun
09/24/2017, 5:15 AM...

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