Some old friends, and a couple of new ones
Have been tormenting me for weeks and weeks.
My fault really—I mentioned, just for fun,
That we might purchase a wide-screen TV.
Thereafter, each time we met, snarkily
They teased. “So, did you get that TV yet?
C’mon Marv, do it!” Increasingly shrill—
Then the old TV gasped itself to death.
We did it—47 inches wide!
It took three days and two apt technicians
To get it home and up—perhaps the snide
Remarks would now pause, morph to contrition
For a moment, until they came to know
It’s not a Sony, just a Vizio.
(7/30/11)