SCHIZOPHRENIC VISION
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
The Hawk Kitchen 4:15pm
Dear DVD:
I Saw You
On TV Today
Shiny & Flashy
Coloured Spears Of Light
As A Hand-held
Signal
To
Me
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Joanna Gilman Hyde 
T.V., DVD., Hand Held device
Dick Tracy was before his time.
Not sure I get the Hand Held Device or the Dick Tracy — sure that’s not Tricky Dick?
You Know Dick Tracy
He Had A T.V. Wrist Watch
All Kindergarteners
Wanted One
But
I Had My Six-Finger
More questions:
Was Dick Tracy a Super Hero too? Did your six finger have anything obscene about it?
Dick Tracy was a weirdo detective guy
I only remember his wrist watch T.V.
My Very Own Six-Finger was capable
of shooting secret messages
bombs, bullets,
across the classroom
undetected
by Mrs.Mars, my 1st grade teacher,
who probably saw it as obscene.
These commercials (some of which I remember) blow me away with their sexual symbolism and with the presumption that parents won’t know any better than to have fun playing Trouble.