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Enforced solitude

Should be a good excuse

To read or meditate,

Except that we indulge ourselves

In that nightly abuse of reason -

Something mindless on the TV.

After all, we've time;

We're not too tired,

The  evening's free,

We've nothing else to do,

So why not make the effort that's required,

Use some intelligence

And even show that we've a brain

That's worthy of the test -

Able to endure exposure to

A few hours by ourselves,

And let the rest cave in

To Dave and the Antiques Road Show?

Good - I'll settle down and make amends;

As soon as this Midsummer Murders ends.

Brian Hick April 2011

©Sally Hick 14.4.23