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Static Parents
February 28, 2022
My remote was like a pencil
Like an author, I used it to write my story
Flipping through channels
I found self in Nickelodeon and Disney
I used my remote like an artist uses a nice HB No.2
I sketched dreams from pictures on the screen
My remote was like a studentspencil
I studied jokes to tell later
I learned how to be a person from sitcoms and dramas
My remote even takes notes for me
I can read them back through recorded episodes of Austin & Ally and Gravity falls
When I wasn't holding a pencil
I was holding a remote
Unlike a pencil however
my remote was a parent.
© Titus B., Mesquite, Texas
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