I AM

I am a boy that loves to watch TV and write.
I wonder how many cleverly conceived commercials air in one day.
I hear the "Hurrah!" of a crowd cheering thousands of miles away.
I see impish little green men jump out of the TV.
I want to be a famous, fabulous and peerless author someday.

I am a boy that loves to watch TV and write.
I pretend to be an author as rich as Bill Gates at a book signing that looks
more like the celebration of an international holiday.
I feel the pen moving like the wind across a blank page.
I touch the slightly rough paper on which I am writing.
I cry when my writing turns out below the level of what is expected of me.
I am a boy that loves to watch TV and write.

I understand that TV cannot become a lifeline like water for life.
I say "If you do one bad thing, be sure to cancel it out with something good."
I dream of Jeanie.
I try to produce the best product I can as consistently as possible.
I hope to be as admired a writer as Edgar Allan Poe.
I am a boy that loves to watch TV and write.

Date posted: January 31, 1999.

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