Ratings
By Tatiana Pahlen

I sat by the TV set, bleak and dazed

and gazed at the earth turning ablaze;

The dire mushroom left some bit and gore

Some viewers would cry, "Give us more war!"

To instigate battles for the sake of peace,

Ranking up channels to feed the beasts.

March 23, 2003

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