that thing we are watching
is called a kinescope

it only seems to be flat
but in reality it is like a bag
filled with tiny dots
jumping around like
shining christmas
fleas

when those dots get their orders
they obediently stand in their places
and arrange themselves into “tree,” “skyscraper”
“the Balkan crisis” or “L. Di Caprio”
(just take a look at how his “white
shirt” shines - it’s all because of those dots)

so if you see something
horrible - don’t be afraid, don’t show
you can be deceived

there are no jungles there nor floods
no zombies with chainsaws

but I’m not saying that there is nothing there
(the way the obscurantists say)

there is a great multitude

of dots


© 2004 by Gintaras Grajauskas