Chatter Of The Tube

It speaks and grows within

It teaches and gives different views

Opening the fields of the mind

Training the muscles of the thought

Breeding the unborn wise man

It burns and screams inside

It melts and turns to ashes

Closing the doors of knowledge

Leaving all hopes behind

Climbing the stairs of mediocrity

As these ancient yellowed papers perish in flames

A lonely old wise man dies and no one cares

Helping him would be a criminal act

Swarming in new age

Getting it wide and loud

Blistering flashing picture

Hypnotizing howling screen

The chat goes on and on

Saying nothing but words of emptiness

The tube born from the newest technologies

Full of sounds and pictures

It tells you the latest news

But leaves us empty inside

Chatter of the tube...