Sorry I’m Maudlin But The Media Sucks

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icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2006-01-28 08:16 AM

Oh help me
I been drinkin’
and I’m feeling so low
you know,
nothing I really want to feel
keeps me losing my direction baby
can’t get the tourist cars to go
my train of thought’s derailed
somewhere down below my driving wheel.

We’re at war
say it out loud.
What are they dying for?
If you know
you know the horror,
if you don’t
you’ve missed the point.

Media scum defines a world
existing only in the moment’s photo-op
where we should only play by their parlor rules;
they have chosen to create unreal expectations,
ideas that would make Dickens proud,
with clear selective focus
on what should be allowed
in their transitory sound bite world
without any honest historical perspective;
they love to keep the world divided
as long as there will be enough in any camp
to buy the soap that gives them salt,
they won’t accept any blame any fault
for all their efforts in promoting intentional deception,
for their Snively Whiplash views that put us all at risk.
The media heads are magpies picking over road kill
while “tsk-tsking” the skills of those who have the nerve to drive.

So drink with me while I’m alive,
help me throw popcorn at the screen
but never ask me what I’ve seen,
or done, or lost, or won,
you wouldn’t really want to know.

©2006 by icebox

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2006-01-28 08:29 AM

but never ask me what I’ve seen,
or done, or lost, or won,
you wouldn’t really want to know.

I know not to ask...even though I would like to know, I know what he has seen is more than I can absorb...and the flashbacks have occurred more and more

always enjoy your words and take with me many interpretations

and the Media..well it has become entertainment to many (not me)

M

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

2 posted 2006-01-28 03:43 PM

"The media heads are magpies picking over road kill
while “tsk-tsking” the skills of those who have the nerve to drive.

So drink with me while I’m alive,
help me throw popcorn at the screen"

You know I will, Mr. C.! They are magpies picking over road kill tsk-tsking...and how profound a statement of truth this is! Seems they've got plenty of it at the moment, too, and much more to come from the land of salt. ......jo

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2006-01-28 04:15 PM

I have read this and I am grinning. I did a little stint in marketing m'self, and I am trying to picture me, or some other poor schmuck trying to get you to participate in the surveys/taste tests/experiements that were a part of our service to provide data to advertising companies.

whew.

I am just glad it wasn't me.

Have a zanax, Charly.

And yanno? Since I am safely behind the screen, I'll tell you:

I have been considering advertising as a career opportunity. Somebody's gotta do it and it really is being done badly...

Forgive me?

I've had a nervous breakdown in the middle of my mid-life crisis!

(serenity ducks and run--->)

jody5
Senior Member

since 2005-12-21

Posts 876
California, U.S.A.

4 posted 2006-01-28 04:21 PM

This is the most profound poem I've read all week. It is full of emotion and took courage to write.  I give you a standing ovation.

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2006-01-28 04:40 PM

icebox

"So drink with me while I’m alive,
help me throw popcorn at the screen
but never ask me what I’ve seen,
or done, or lost, or won,
you wouldn’t really want to know."

But I do want to know.

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