happy endings

you flip the channel.
again
again, and again.
within an hour
you realize that you
aren't eating enough fiber.
or drinking
enough water,
and that you
might have diabetes
according to  dr. oz.
you get away
from that channel
and see that for a dollar
you can
save three baby seals
from being clubbed
in alaska.
for five dollars
you can save
twenty.
click, click click.
you had no idea
there were that many
nude people on
cable past eleven
o'clock.
the silicone reminds
you of the jello
molds at the cafeteria.
the acting is a train
wreck. you click
again, and once  more.
you land on bonanza.
ben, and adam, hoss
and little joe.
when the world
was right.
when there was a
happy cowboy
ending at the end
of each hour.