REAL LIFE, is now t.v. drama
it’s participants merely
acting out some pathetic part
They should be paid millions
Certainly the skills are much better
than those of trained actors
There are the ones who pretend
to care, as they manipulate
their so-called friends, parents,
husbands, wives, or partners
Some are experts at rationalizing
while others constantly pat themselves
on the back, as they puff their heads up
Then there are those who instead
of trashing the poor acting job
they have been doing, decide
they’ll play a new part
one of power and control
So, they begin to beat a poor soul
with a bat, in the dark of night
or steal a young child
sleeping in his crib
or kidnap and rape a teenager
as she walks home from
her school bus stop
or stab and rob someone
for money, for their drug habit
or shoot to kill any random being
that lines up in the rifle scope
So, who needs reality shows on t.v.
They are just child’s play
If you really want some drama
in your day, turn off the t.v.
and look around you
REAL LIFE is coming soon
to a theater called YOU