He made the mistake of standing on top of the television set. <br />He thought maybe he could conquer it, I guess <br />But instead <br /> <br />It swallowed him up and burped him out into an <br /> <br />Infomercial. <br />And if we don’t pay $149.95 in six easy installments <br />We’ll probably never see him again. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in The Short North Gazette, Jan.2003)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sink-hole/
