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Tuesday 25 August 2020

A Dutiful Boy

I now prefer reading over television,
which I rarely watch deliberately,
but it was not always the case.

In the 1980's I read, studied,
and watched a huge amount of TV,
but it was never really 'me'.

The lives of the people on screen
that I watched from a distance
made my life feel second hand.

It felt like they were at a party
and my invite to go had got lost,
and by the time it arrived
the life of excess they lived was over.

I joined in later on,
and got to make my choice
of what became their leftovers.



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