It stands between you and life
Claiming time that belongs to your wife
The potato and his couch
Married life says - ouch.
The buttons on the remote
Pressed by guilty fingers
Someday he shall realise
The hope lingers..
Her order of importance hasn't changed
Why can't you restrain
When she has refrained
Is the moot question
Reckless indulgence
Leading to combustion.
Decide, poor potato
And decide today
Chose life or the box
Because if she has her day
She might decide to live with box
And throw the idiot away...
It stands between you and life Claiming time that belongs to your wife The potato and his couch Married life says - ouch. This is my favourite stanza, love the poem
she might decide to live with the box and throw the idiot away coming from a man, very impressive. why do men surf channels, when actually they don't watch anything but grim news, i often ask my friends. you know what women want, yet... vey funny. its such a pleasure to read your work. Mamta
I liked this the first time I read it. My dad used to call our television the 'idiot box' and that's what made me read it the first time. In the 3rd line from the bottom, did you mean to spell becos that way? Do you mean 'because'? Not trying to edit your work, just wondering about it? DC
A pun on TV or me with a good last line...The use of mobile phone talk i.e u and ur does not befit your class of poetry...regards
A nice satire on the TV and the house wife. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The last two lines are the punch lines. Kudos.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Hahaha, very well explained about a husband kinda sorta involved and more into watching tv the last 4 lines made me laugh from the importance everyone should remember Chose life or the box because if she has her day she might choose the box; and throw the idiot away