Still shot from “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”
At huffingtonpost.com
mindless captives
cringe helplessly
caught up in tasteless
trite freakishness
bleak sordid precincts
that no self-respecting
observer would visit
yet nonetheless crowded
with wide-eyes and slack-jaws
transfixed and afflicted
dipped in disease that
no popcorn or lemonade
ever could medicate
turning the TV screen
in on itself where gray
worms of inanity
slither toward ears
that give access to
dormant unseasoned
delectable brains
with a craving for
artless crude slices
of sad pointless lives
called reality even though
all that is real is their
sickening stench of a
decomposed culture
Poesy plus Polemics 
So, tell me, what do you realllly think?:)
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ha ha – every time I see a commercial for such shows, I want to throw something at the screen
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If you want real reality TV, Al Jazerra America, coming soon to a TV near you, direct from Qatar. Now doesn’t that excite you.
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don’t get me started…
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You’ve really captured it. I’m not really much of a tv watcher and I’ve never understood the appeal of so-called reality tv. There are so many things to read, learn about, and explore. Why waste any of your precious life on that kind of drivel?
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amen to that
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Had the misfortune of tuning in to this very show this morning… Perfectly captured! 🙂
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never saw it – just the commercials for it drive me mad
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They banned freak shows in the circus and rightly so. Now they put them on TV. A really powerful poem expressing righteous indignation! Bravo!
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thanks, Ellen – that’s exactly the thought I had in mind
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Incising and excising with magnificent language – very well done.
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much appreciated, Mike
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Reality TV…Fake…Exploiting people that need help… and turning to mush the brains of America…great piece Paul
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thank you kindly, TJ
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Great poem–I for one, cannot and will not watch those programs. I don’t understand how there could be enough monetary gain to make it worthwhile to exhibit oneself, and family, in such a demeaning fashion.
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amen
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On Google Play’s “TV Shows Now Available” slot, you’ll find the promotional image to be that of (drums please….!)…
Yep, the one and only Honey…
I am truly sorry for these children being dragged into what they would never do themself at their age. This is ruthless pragmatism at the expense of innocents. People get angry about child labour, and rightly so! What about this?
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hadn’t even thought about in those terms – you are certainly right – there ought to be outrage
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could not agree more – have been tv-free for 3 years and haven’t looked back – never for the life of me will I understand how glorified idiocy = entertainment
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wow, I give you great credit – disabled as I am, I could never do without TV – it’s become my window on the world – all the more reason to resent its trashy components
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that does make it difficult, doesn’t it? your mute button must get a lot of use! 🙂
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Indeed! I refuse to watch such drivel what outrages me is that so many people do! Not just this show but all of this ilk. EEgads.
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it’s enough to crush faith in human nature
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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This is so very good – I took the liberty of posting this to Facebook (not my favourite venue) for it needs to be read far and wide.
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your ever loyal support is deeply appreciated
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This one has stayed with me today and will get a revisit from time to time as great poetry should.
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Not in the mood for fence-sitting I fancy. I share the views but have never expressed them so well.
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these depraved productions set my teeth on edge
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Oh, bravo, Paul! You nailed it.
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thanks kindly, rita
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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I don’t watch the shows, the commercials are too revolting to my sensitivities.
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revolting is the perfect word
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