When The Television Watches You

He is watching television.  Or maybe the reverse is the case.  Maybe the television watches him, making sure he remains inert and disgruntled.  The boredom leaping from the screen is saying, "I am entertaining and educating you.  I make noise against the silence closing in on you.  I fill the time that frightens you.  I am your only friend, so trust me."  The picture may be of anything.  The voice could say nothing.  What is important is its being there, filling the void.  He is the willing captive of his machine.  Having been seduced by it, time cannot move.  Nor can the silence shout at him.  Besides, it gives him "something to do."  It helps him kill (in the sense of murder) another day.