Before TV

Before TV

by Ryan Hansen

(Originally Published in The Bitchin’ Kitsch, October 2014)                                                                                                                

Before TV we just masturbated

The radio jingles danced to the sounds of our hands   

                                                                                                                                

Before TV we watched real life reality television

Our parent's voices echoing from the living

dishes breaking the fourth wall                                                                                                                                                                                    

In those days I slept a lot

escaping an all too real reality

I didn’t need to watch other dysfunctional families

to know what was wrong