Since when did everyone in this friggin’ televised world of ours
Decide they could endear themselves to the rest of us ordinary people
By picking up a large coffee mug
Complete with some fancy logo imprinted on the face of it
Gently cupping it with both hands and then taking a passionate sip of coffee
Is this technique some focus group discovered would
Make us all feel more like family and more at home with one another
While they lie to us about the state of the economy
Or tell us what we will need to know before venturing outside on our own…
I noticed this for the first time on the morning shows
And then one of the morning show host moved to the evening news
Where she got a new mug with a new logo embellished on the blasted thing
None the less, there she was sipping her way into my living room
And me with a bloody beer in my hand…I felt out classed
Ted Sheridan
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/was-that-the-idea/
