Watching Tv Is Not So Much Fun Anymore Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Watching TV Is Not So Much Fun Anymore
translated by Sylvia Frances Chan, Nederland

God Almighty
that sounds so beautiful
truly
or not?

whether you see Him or not
He is truly The Almighty
The Only One with a Lot of Love

Oh, I think that's so sweet of you
and you know I love you too
Of course, you know that

and I say that again and again
it never hurts
even though I reason
until the end

what ending?
you know that too
a little

We started with
God Almighty
The Only One with a Very Lot of Love
I think that's so sweet
just the eight o'clock TV news

yes, just listen to the 8 o'clock news every time
whether it is Annechien, Sayda Magée, or Malou Petter verbally
when they are almost ready
they say, 'We started with...'
it's just that
out with the fun!

Watching TV is no longer fun
it just brings in the war
first Putin
which was 'in'
now it's every hour of the day
whether I can say it or not
images of war from the Gaza Strip
the most terrible images
worse than we can imagine

but no matter how bad it may be
bomb a hospital
people don't do that
they shouldn't do that!

and then just advise:
remove the worst patients first
and then the rest

but dear Benjamin,
you should never bomb a hospital
the worst and the rest
they can't leave, they can't even walk!

we hope
that you stop bombing
you say you honour God
the hospital cannot defend itself
Please don't play such a cowardly game

God is the One Almighty
I can very well imagine when He says:
Benjamin, don't get your way
it's not an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
now use all your common sense
and never, ever a hospital again
that act is never right!
I say this consciously and not by mistake!