Disclaimer: see first chapter
EVERY DAY WHEN I GET HOME FROM SCHOOL
I find televisions on in the living room,
the family room,
the kitchen,
and each of the bedrooms.
There's even a little teensy one on
in the bathroom.
My mother says
it's so she won't miss anything
when she's going around sweeping
and dusting and putting away laundry
and emptying out wastebaskets
and cooking.
Which is waht she does all day long.
Except for when she's lying in bed
watching television.
That's where she is
every afternoon
when I get home from school.
She glances up and says hello,
then goes back to watching.
I walk from room to room
switching off all the other sets,
wishing she would show
half as much interest in my life
as she does in Luke and Laura's