Once again, Angel Sammys and Teddys Pawetaton have provided us with a photo for Poetry Thursday.
They said it was called a television
It was my dad who made the decision
To cast aside the radio
And to the future, we will go
He bought it at Cunnigham’s Appliances
With money, he receives from his Uncle Sid
It must have weighed a ton
Carrying it, the station wagon could barely run
My mom cleared a spot in the living room
Moving a table that was a family heirloom
My Dad somehow carried it inside
When he put it down, he made such a noise I thought he had died
He plugged it in by the light
My sister and I jockeyed for room and began to fight
My dad turned it one, and the picture flipped
In doing so, his pants did whip
Finally, we got a clear picture
After saying words not found in the holy scripture
We sat transfixed for five minutes, maybe ten
Before we wandered off to read in the den
I could not help but yawn
And observe there were lots of stations by nothing on
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ooh we remember that... my granny had to hold the antenna and we feared she has to stay in the middle between the window and the sofa table for all eternity LOL
ReplyDeleteAnyone of Gail's generation brought up in the UK will remember the 'test card', a graphic shown on the TV screen during the daytime when there were no BBC programmes on!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great poem and we now have even more stations and at times, there is still nothing on!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great poem about the start of television. There certainly are too many channels to choose from now.
ReplyDeleteA fun movie that uses the 'golden age' of television is "Pleasantville", when humans are transported into their favorite TV show.
ReplyDeleteI 100% agree with Molly. So many stations and some times not a thing worth watching.
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
That was good, nothing much has changed, still nothing on!
ReplyDeleteGreat poem! One of my earliest memories was the original Mickey Mouse Club on the little old black and white TV.
ReplyDeleteThe more things change, the more they stay the same. Oh, and h*ll is in the bible, did you know that? XOX Chia and Riley
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