As the Lights go Down

As the Lights go Down ©

By Michael Casey

As the lights go down, I switch the lamp on in the living room

I pile my cushions high on the sofa really to hold my bulk

Then  I’ll switch the tv on, ready to entertain me

I should have bought a taller sofa, so instead I pile all the cushions high

My kids tell me off, but I say the sofa’s for me not me for the sofa

So they cannot even sit  next to me but are relegated to another chair

From there they can watch the tv with me

Switch Trump off dad, you watch too much tv news they sing

At me in perfect cross, very cross harmony

So waving a finger or is it two at Trump I change channels

Then we watch a  film together, no matter what the weather

Outside a storm can be brewing and there are too many now

But inside in the house we are warm and  have a film to watch

Stopping only to run to the kitchen for snacks and stuff

Which reminds me there is bottled Bud in the house

Trump sent it over as a bribe I told the kids

Yes, because he knows you prefer Stella Artois

We laugh, but I cannot find a bottle opener

So the Bud will stay in the fridge another week or more

Only finally being drunk when our “chef” wants the space

For some exotic fruit, so it’s drink it or share it with the neighbour

We get back to the film, a buckets of blood Vampire thing

Eating snacks and talking  over the film, we’ve seen it before

When the  girls were much younger, but scene by scene they remember

The cat calls from outside so we let Totoro in

Totoro is fed and we get back to the film, it’s not as interesting as the cat

All the flashing teeth remind me I should visit the dentist

Well it’s late now so I’ll just check the computer before bedtime

I see where you all are and what you are reading

I look at the news online too Trump is hugging himself again

It’s so obviously the pin to stop the  anger exploding, in public

Just like in , It’s Ok , to NOT be Ok my Kdrama that I just finished

Well this is an attempt at a poem so my friends I hope you all like it

A running narrative perhaps, whatever you want to call it

Just remember to HUG with Love , every day, and avoid Dramas.