THE 23rd CHANNEL
The TV is my Shepherd;
I shall have want.
It makes me lie down on the sofa.
It leads me away from intelligent thought.
It destroys my soul.
It leads me in the paths of sex and violence
For the sponsor's sake.
Yea, though I walk in the shadow of my
Individual responsibilities,
There will be no interruptions;
For the TV is with me.
It's cable and it's remote control --
They comfort me.
It prepares a commercial before me,
In the presence of my worldliness.
My coveting runneth over.
Surely laziness and ignorance shall follow me
all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house
watching TV forever.
