sometimes i feel i’ve the depth of a screen
and the best it gets is a script with depth
or an actor who’s learnt what background means
something i wonder if i’ve done myself

mixed in a crowd on its narrative beams
passing me by with their shows in their eyes
our dialogues only mine the seams
of what things mean in our tv lives

A. H (20th/21st March 2020 & 30th April 2021)

One from just over a year ago. I’ve rewritten the last line today, and the last word of v2l1 what was i thinking moving so far from a rhyme pattern in verse 2 last year.

hah, my picture should be of a flat screen tv, it can be that deep.