I own the TV because tragedy thrills me.  Whatever flavor it happens to be, like   "Killed by the husband..."   "Drowned by the ocean...."   "Shot by his own son..."   "She used the poison in his tea, then kissed him goodbye."   That's my kind of story.    It's no fun till someone dies. Don't look at me like I am a monster.   Frown out your one face, but with the other   Stare like a junkie into the TV.   Stare like a zombie while the mother holds her child   and watches him die,   hands to the sky crying "why oh why?" Because I need to watch things die   from a distance.   Vicariously I live while the whole world dies.   You all need it too, don't lie.