Hello Bob, it's Archie, me telly's on the blink <br />Without me telly on it's even hard for me to think <br />I watch it of an evening snuggled up beneath me doona <br />Can you come round. Not later, I'd rather it were sooner <br /> <br />'Cos every night I watch it and it helps me cop some Zed's <br />It calms me down and stops all thoughts from spinnin' in me 'ead <br />Can you tell me Archie, exactly what's wrong with your television <br />Describe the symptoms to me with clarity and precision <br /> <br />It's got these annoyin' lines that are runnin' up and down <br />Are you sure they're vertical replied Bob with a puzzled frown <br />Your TV as I remember is quite an ancient beast <br />It's been at least two decades since that model was released <br /> <br />One of that era would surely have lines of a horizontal direction <br />Are you sure they're vertical, after considered reflection <br />'Course I know me vertical from me horizontal slant <br />Get over here now, I can't stand all day and rant <br /> <br />But Archie, your television is resting on its side <br />So horizontal seems vertical, if logic be applied <br />'Course I watch it like that, I'm lying in me bed <br />And it saves me the trouble of havin' ta lift me 'ead <br /> <br />(Sydney, Australia - 2010)<br /><br />Alessandra Liverani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/me-telly-s-on-the-blink-humour/
