the old TV

the blasted thing just won't pause
i hit it again with impotent force
the figures just keep wheeling around
its out of control, i can't help but frown

okay i've got it to slow down at least
half speed, slow motion, a little more peace
but the sound is awry, ghastly and drawn out
more painful to listen leaves nothing to doubt

it gives you more time to think as you please
more time to remember the faces that tease
on the edge of remembrance that you would had forgot
that a little more composure would surely have bought

yet i want to slow down or better yet stop
to think through the rubble and face the demons on top
to make some sense of my grief and despair
to repair all of the damage and re-enter the Lair

surely then i'd be able to run with the flow
to do as-per-normal, to get on with the show
to handle the pace of our fast-forward world
yet it just doesn't, i'm going to hurl.