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by Michael Gil

Created on: March 19, 2009

The television was invented in 1922 That's true Its images were black and white That's true Perhaps they colored the world with this limited painter's pallet

They showed us wars in black and white And we thought it was true They showed us politics in black and white And we thought it was true They showed us life in black and white And we hoped it was true

Now they paint the world in red and blue War is red or blue, politics is red or blue You're with us or against us, good or bad Black or white, red or blue The colors are different but the message is the same And it's not true

TVs aren't black and white anymore Truth never was

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Poetry: Television

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PRESCHOOLER
Through every commercial
My four year old sits,
Transfixed in front of the "tube",
Receiving whatever the station
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by M. J. Schlagle

BOOB TUBE
Hear the clock tick, hear as we sit ,
thoughts lost in aimless abandon.
Stare In a trance, as the characters dance,
on
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I've lived my life with different men

it's hard to say who's my fave

there was Jim Arness, Johnny Carson

Oh yes, and Peter
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by Michael Gil

The television was invented in 1922 That's true Its images were black and white That's true Perhaps they colored the world
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by Chuck Maddock

TELEVISION:
Televisi on radio's successor
Accomplish ing much lesser
You make my mind a blank
yes I have you to thank
Television

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