“Unveiling the Hidden Depths: J.K. Durick’s Poetic Journey Through the World of Daytime TV”
In a world racing ahead, have you ever paused to ponder how we fill the time we used to cram with responsibilities? We often find ourselves navigating the labyrinth of our living rooms, caught in the web of reruns and comforting familiarity. This beautifully crafted poem reflects on that peculiar dance of waiting—existing in a realm where time feels weightless, filled with endless game shows and forgotten laughter. It encapsulates the hidden corners of our lives, where echoes of former selves linger like shadows in dimly lit rooms. It begs the question: in a life so busy, have we inadvertently traded genuine connection for the transient comfort of familiarity? Join me as we explore this poignant reflection on our blurred existence, time mismanaged, and the quiet honesty within the silence that envelops us. Discover the layers that define us in unexpected ways—like well-loved scripts and the ghosts we conjure in our minds to stave off loneliness. Let’s delve deeper into this experience together. LEARN MORE.
Time, spent like this, doesn’t weigh heavily, weighs
almost nothing at all, fills in, fills up, follows a set
schedule, offers some diversion, endless game shows,
some cooking, and home improvement, reruns of
reruns, comedies we know well enough to recall
the lines and old police shows smacking of relevance
from ten, twenty years ago; we’ve come to this after
the years we were too busy to even know that this
exists, this world of filler, what some of us do all day
while the rest are away, it’s like a waiting room for
those of us waiting for time to pass, the day to end
it explains us, begins to define us, the lost, the ghosts
the shadows of our former selves, it knows us well
replaces friends and family and conversation, fills
in the silence that so easily grows all around us now.
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