Cut the cord/Cut the cable

I've done it 

-Finally done it 

Tired of huge bills 

And nothing on-

But oh I will miss 

Duck dynasty-

Pulled the plug-

Cut the cable-

 in a rush of 

     Budget constraint-

All the news 

I won't know-

All the tragedy I will hear about

Only in passing 

Only second or third hand-

What will I need to know 

That I won't know 

And how will this affect me?

The earth shook last evening-

It was a long gentle shaking-here-

A gentle movement 

     Of the earth

One waits 

One does not know 

Will it stop 

Or will it grow 

Will this be the big one 

Which causes us to 

     Slip into the sea?

I won't know

Until I'm actually swimming 

That it is so 

There will be no commentator

To tell me 

What I should 

Know

The used videos at the thrift store

Cost 

Two dollars apiece

I watch them avidly

A movie with no commercial 

     Interruptions 

How nice 

How novel 

     Who knew?

"What if they gave a war 

     And nobody came " 

What if tv viewers 

     Did the same-

All those advertising dollars

     Flapping in the breeze with 

     No one to tease 

It's quieter here

     Now 

More time to 

     Think 

To contemplate

Maybe I will 

     Get things done 

Which I have left 

      Undone 

It is raining ??

I will step outside and 

See.