There are only a few who can recall
the fay craft that once harnessed every soul
that ever watched a TV, large or small,
when that night’s new show’s credit song would roll.
No bathroom breaks intrude upon the scene
as once they did when that theme music played.
No snackers from the kitchen yet careen
across both living room and couch, dismayed
to find that they have missed the first few lines
that recap what the last episode brought,
and ask, ‘mid glares like spines of porcupines,
what magic moments have already wrought.
You cultureless fools! Do not pause the screen!
Enjoy the pre-made pause that once had been!