NecessiTV

Well, well. Isn’t this Hell?

I guess I didn’t realise how much I’d miss the telly.

 

That humble old box
sitting dormant in the corner of the room

 

I’m dependant, it’s addictive
It’s my drug and it’s vindictive
And it ruins us yet lifts us
By showing us others
Being ruined.

 

Oh, how I long for those voices
It doesn’t matter if there’s nothing on
Just the company from the glowing of the box is all I need.
Just the company of Chandler and Joey on repeat
All the talent-show nobodies who long to be admired
And the voice of Alan Sugar telling narcissists they’re “fired”.

 

Even the presence of news broadcasters could really make my day
So much bad news but it doesn’t really matter what they say.
A hundred people injured in a tropical freak storm,
But really, I’m just glad somebody’s actually talking to me.

 

It can make us laugh, sometimes too much.

It can make us laugh, sometimes not enough.

And unfortunately it deadens that part of the brain that allows us to think and...

...stuff

 

Right now, I’m looking at the poor neglected thing and all I see is myself
On the bed, with this pen and this pad

And an entire bedroom scene in a dullish shade of grey and I can’t help wondering
“What else is on cos I’m kinda sick of this guy now”

 

OK, I have music and DVDs and, failing that, books

But it’s just not the same without Saturday Morning Cooks to lift me out of bed
And attempt to make some breakfast or copy all their dishes
But end up acting reckless.

 

But alas, without the kitchen engulfed in sound and vision

I cook alone in silence with no disposition
And the whole morning routine becomes as fun as trying to rave hard
In a graveyard.

I don’t think anyone would realise
How much of a necessity
It must be
To sit free
In front of the TV
And, to quote Joni
And her Big Yellow Taxi,
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone”.
But I didn’t pave paradise or put up a parking lot
I just haven’t got a TV licence yet.

Author's Note

From when I was in television limbo for 2-and-a-half weeks. I can, however, confirm that I now do have a TV Licence

Reviews

[Dan Peacock]

I'd like to have said that stanza 3 was my fave but there's too many nuggets of excellence to choose from :)

As a person who also hasnt had a TV license for 6 MONTHS I feel your pain, dude.