Life Is So Easy These Days. Poem by DM W

Contemporary houses are invariably
Filled with all kinds of garish gadgets & junk.
Sentimental ornaments and framed pictures
Still adorn mantelpieces, tables and walls:
To add a touch of colour and homeliness.
Thanks to technology passivity is
Now a luxury everyone can hope to afford.
T.Vs and various screens of all shapes
And sizes sing and drone endlessly on in
A language everyone can hope to understand.
These modern oracles help to form
Views & opinions. From today's far off wars
To yesterday's cute nostalgia industries;
From parliamentary concerns & matters:
Pertaining to the provincial; to the
Various goings on of royalty and
The rich and famous: necessary distractions.
They keep us lost, listless home dwellers informed
And entertained from the cradle to the grave.
They manage to keep death & decay at bay.