From Time Warner to Me (1993)

Here's a small book of poetry sent to me from Time
Warner Cable.
I have corrected the typography to correspond to contemporary poetic
layout standards. No punctuation has been changed.
— J.H.H.L.

  In a city
    of a thousand stories,
        cable TV has
           time to tell them all.

      CNN - Thought Provoking and Analytical.
10:45 pm.

   Barbara
   was helping Jerry
   pack for his business trip
   to Chicago.
     It was his fifth trip this year.
   Even after 25 years of marriage
    they still fought right before
     he went away.
   This way
    they didn't have to admit how much
     they hated being alone.
   They stopped fighting
   and listened to the news report
   about Bosnia.

      THE CARTOON NETWORK - Home to the Top Toon Stars.
3:51 pm.

   Grandma
   was watching
   Michael and Denise.
        After Michael wrote
         on Denise's homework with a red crayon
           he acted silly
     just like that dog on TV.
       They all laughed.
       They loved Droopy.


    HEADLINE NEWS - A Whole Day's News Every Half Hour.
9:32 am.

               Like usual
  the alarm didn't go off.
  Allison
                   jumped in the shower then
     threw on her blue suit.
  She didn't care if anyone
   noticed       the      wrinkles.
    She checked
    the ticker.
    She checked
    her watch.
    She'd be right
    on time.
   TNT - Originals, Sports and the greatest Movies Hollywood ever Made.
9:22pm.

   Tom and Michelle sat on the couch
   eating    beef and broccoli
     with chopsticks.
   They've been living together for two years. She's
         a lawyer. He's
         a social worker. They both
         had a terrible day and
           needed
             to
               escape.
         She       wants
                  to reminisce.         He
                  wants a score.


    T B S - A  Great Place for entertainment.
4:12 pm.

   Scott was practicing
      his swing with a 9
        iron in his living
          room.
   When he was a
     kid the things he loved
      to do were
                 go golfing with his Dad,
            watch a James Bond movie and
     look at the pictures in National Geographic.
         He          still        does.


At any given
   moment in your
    life, cable TV
      can
       make an impact.