A sea of remotes Controlling their channels (Channels really know How to pull people in. But not me. I just watch news.)
Piles and piles and stacks Of remotes Mangled up in cords Around the main event: The TV.
Back to that pile of remotes - All different kinds & controls There's a pink one With polka dots or chicken pox There's a swampy soggy one A grey tomb-stony one Etc., and whatnots
What to do with all them? Control the tube, of course, But they all do that A little bit differently.
"To hell with this white noise"
I ****** up a chrome looking remote Soapstone it wasn't But cold cold cold still I pressed the red button near the front Blinked it didn't But got stuck. I just stared in frustration For a long while, into that fuzzy screen.
And then Out of the white noise A gigantic chrome razor-hand Came crashing through