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WAR AND THE SIMPSONS
The really good thing about war is that they generally put it on at 6 o’clock.
Same time as The Simpsons
And nowadays, of course, war is quite safe.
It stays in the TV and makes no mess.
Even if it gets too noisy you can just turn down the sound.
(If you can find the remote.)
Also it is very clean,
No dust, nor smoke, nor blood leaks through the screen. And when it gets boring you can switch over and watch The Simpsons
(If you can find the remote.)
The only trouble is, it still goes on.
(The war, not The Simpsons. The Simpsons lasts for twenty minutes – unless it is a special.)
The war still goes on.
The noise and the smoke and the leaking blood. The dirt and the boredom and the fear.
You cannot switch it off with the remote.
(Even if you can find the remote)
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