TV Family

The cathode ray
Shines onto our faces
Reassuring us with sitcoms
Situation comedies whose casts
Become familiar to us making Niles
And Frasier Sam Malone Roz and
Diane all members of our TV
Family extended across
Decades gentle funny
Humor to help us
Relax snack a
Bit comfy in
A routine
We feel
Safe
Unlike
The news
Which scares
The bejesus out
Of us daily but like
A scab that must be
Picked we scare ourselves
Silly with the latter then ameliorate
Our fears with the former trying
For a balance in our life that
A million years of survival
Around a campfire have
Made us fond of song
Stories gossip and
Family even a
TV family
Brightly
In the
Dark.