The war has stopped for a commercial break.
A jaded world puts score cards down to make
Some supper. Fifty million toilets flush.
Without a doubt T.V. has come of age,
Allowing all to share the battle’s rage
Through satellite and telephoto lens.
Each telling blow and every young life spent
Honoured with instant replay and comment
To make this Roman holiday complete.
Impatient now, the high-tech hounds of doom
Stand leashed until transmission can resume.
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