Looking for a Signal

My father in his youth went

to the 1939 World's Fair

in New York City New York

Maybe he saw television

neatly demonstrated there

Due to the expense

I cannot order cable television

so watching moving video

is available to me at large

from the cable on the Internet

The Queen waves on British news

rocket launches and eagle babies

all sorts of crazy people

violent crashes and awful gore

with or without a rowdy cat or dog

What I want to watch is this

sponsored television with soap ads

because I've begun to feel

I'm being kept from it all

until I click a link for spam

Put your name right here dear sir

we'll follow you anywhere

We're certain you won't mind

if we send you email ads

five times a day forever

I shudder to think its real

my Internet profile is likely fat

International computers in Utah

have everything in ones and zeroes

except the wrinkles, chafes, and tears

I'd fight back but it's no use

The corporations have the right

to watch this old bearded man

in my morning bubble bath

fart to sink the floating ducks

Barry G. Wick