The earnest man on the TV screen
goes on and on
about the way things are
and why and when and how
His alert conversation companion
throws in her three cents
“So what do we do about it?”
The conversation continues
lucid analysis
the invocation of history
remembering the past
reminding us
They mention The Movie
touring the country
an audience of thousands
in a country of
hundreds of millions
a small drop
in a big bucket
I get up in the house
a choir of three
for the preaching
I imagine behind the scenes
the intelligent speaker
goes to the control room
the cables lying unconnected
on the floor
the editor monitor control man says
“Are you ready
to start your broadcast now?”