That's Entertainment

My TV has a thousand channels 

My PC's endless streams 

My phone is full of images 

Communication beams 

With advertisements everywhere

Bullshit disguised as news 

Phony reality television 

So are we not amused 

We can watch the Kardashians

throw around their money

Change the channel to some redneck 

wrestling a monkey 

That's American entertainment 

Denominator lowest 

Mostly all dimmed down to retard 

For those who are the slowest 

They should make a reality show

about the price of war

They could call it Real Survivors

Deployments of the Corps 

The ratings would be terrible 

It wouldn't last a season 

With way to much reality

Without a rhyme or reason 

No rich b***h to be jealous of

No pushy dance hall moms

Just young men far away from home 

and civilians hit by bombs 

It wouldn't be entertaining 

More like real depressing 

Lets just watch the crap they show us

Maybe that's the blessing 

Reviews

[poetdoug]

Best analysis of current state of tv I've read recently. Go BR!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you poet Doug

[MsJewel]

I agree BR! These reality shows are like train wrecks - you can't help but stop and stare, but enough is enough..

:) Julie

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you jewel

[Raymond Federle]

Well written my friend! :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Raymond

[Tai Ryens]

Manipulation of the truth may be beneficial to the public, but I doubt it's at all beneficial the way Fox news or CNN presents it. Otherwise, I think American media is sufficient, to say the least, in keeping the general public from outraging; I doubt the common civilian has the capability to fully understand the truth for what it is, and rather viewing it as slathering a lie in place of the truth . . . I mean, even today, we still have people who doubt the damned Holocaust, accursed as those people are, and I could imagine it was far more abundant back then when it was actually taking place (or probably Great Depression America). Well done, your topics are always controversial but you never fail to speak for truth.

[Baby Ricochet]

Holocaust revisionists say "give me proof." How much proof do they f*****g need?! Are not survivors first hand accounts, film records and records from the Nazis themselves enough? A few of the bloody camps are still standing as a reminder to humanity just how far the ideology of hate can go when it's turned into government policy. Holocaust revisionists are a special kind of stupid.

[isus]

yeah, i like it. i never was in usa but i think that there live most stupid people on this planet. nicely penned, great job!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you ISUS

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Well done, the observational truth is never far from your mind, good read.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Thomas

[Pryde Foltz]

Can I just tell you how sick and tired I am to so-called reality shows that pander our baser-sides. Well-said; well-said.

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you pryde

[Mark]

Your last stanza nails it. Great work as always buddy.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Mark

[Rita L. Sev]

Keeping the public ignorant is the media and government's bliss... You said it all here, Mark.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Rita

[Shaquana Adams]

I love your random poetry! The sad thing is we watch stuff like this all the time without caring or realizing what effect the content has on us. Very nicely penned! :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Shaquana