Watching TV On An Afternoon

I sit up in the afternoon
with a TV show on Roswell,
New Mexico —

I was there once
and was certain that if
a UFO ever crashed there
it was because the operator
got Goddamn bored
with the flattened scenery
and fell asleep —

remembering that now
I wonder at how frightful
it was back then
and I am frightened now
as I was not back then,
now that I am old enough
to make no fun of it —

now that I know the secrets
they keep from us.

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onward,
T