Today on tv
There are ongoing battles on the great
chessboard of the world
Mighty figures fight for influence, power and wealth.
They jump very high above others and bluster “checkmate”
Mighty figures fight for influence, power and wealth.
They jump very high above others and bluster “checkmate”
Pawns are lost and chessboard fields are more and more empty
Nobody is moved by the fate of the victims.
They are invisible from a distant perspective.
Today I saw nothing new on television
Someone raved about the singing woman with a beard
A movie about the lives of famous celebrities was shown
The newspaper described who was divorced and why.
In an illusory paradise there is no place for suffering.
Poverty and despair are not photogenic.
People look indifferently at each other.
There is no sympathy in their dead eyes,
Their numb mouths repeat the heard phrases
And stone hearts do not know empathy.
Icy hands forgot how to serve a slice of bread
For dying of hunger children.
They are invisible from a distant perspective.
Today I saw nothing new on television
Someone raved about the singing woman with a beard
A movie about the lives of famous celebrities was shown
The newspaper described who was divorced and why.
In an illusory paradise there is no place for suffering.
Poverty and despair are not photogenic.
People look indifferently at each other.
There is no sympathy in their dead eyes,
Their numb mouths repeat the heard phrases
And stone hearts do not know empathy.
Icy hands forgot how to serve a slice of bread
For dying of hunger children.
Watching TV -- Marie Rouach
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