What Kind Of Dvd Is This (Revision) Poem by Margaret Alice Second

The DVD in my laptop resembles Life, closing the
application leaves it live in another dimension,
clicking on it shows immobile figures of choir
singers stilled but illuminated & animate, ready
to burst into song when the icon is clicked

A comforting simile that tallies with everything
on spiritual websites & in religious teaching, life
offers us several DVD’s to choose from on its
multiplayer, we enter DVD reality defining time
and place with choices all along the way

Consistency allows us reach the chosen end, some
despair because time and place are not to their
taste, others develop Stockholm syndrome and pay
obeisance to their perceived masters, a lucky few
escape disasters by designing their own place

With total unconcern for the choices of their fellow-
men: I wish I could be one of those who live above
the little rules and fulfil their dreams – but I’m not, I
live in my little world changing everything according
to my supervisor’s wish – what kind of DVD is this?

28 May 2013