Violence on TV: Between Illusion and Insanity

BETWEEN ILLUSION AND INSANITY

Violence on TV,
Is it you or is it me,
Uni-directional,
Bi-directional,
Which comes first,
Is it violence then aggression,
Aggression in suspension,
Waiting for the moment of liberation,
Looking for a symbol,
To set it free,
To unleash its forces on you and me.

Images dance across the passive
screen,
A pulsating beacon calling to you,
You sit in this world,
It is bright and colourful,
It is a friend in your loneliness,
It is a window on the world,
But whose world greets us
in the loungeroom tonight,
The dictator telling you what to think,
The world is on the edge,
The precipice is on the brink,
You are skating in a world,
The ice is very thin
between illusion and insanity,
what is your reality?