Poem 66: Not News

Experts agree that watching too much news can have a bad effect on you

They recommend taking a break as something you should do

My wife and I have certainly put in our time in watching CNN most of our day

This has become part of our routine we practice every day

We both have our tablets and we will play our favourite game

When we scan the channels, the shows we watch are the same

HGTV and DIY networks are the ones we watch the most

Thanks to having the east to west feeds, we can watch them coast to coast

Home Town, My Lottery Dream Home and Property Brothers, just to name a few

We are on a first name basis with Ben, Erin, Dave and of course, Scott and Drew

We aren’t parked in front the set from the morning until night

You’ll find us relaxing on our front porch when the weather’s warm and bright

There is another broadcaster that my wife will often play

Do I admit to watching this? I refuse to say

When we are tired of watching all the news which usually involves Trump and his scandals

That’s when my wife will decide it’s time to tune into the Hallmark Channel

I can honestly say that I haven’t watched any of these movies from the beginning to the end

But I will give you a spoiler alert, all the movies on this station seem to follow the same trend

The main character’s first partner isn’t usually there when the movie is finally done

The one that they end up with is always the second one

If you watch any of them at Christmas, the plot is still the same

They are all basically the same characters, but they just have different names

Before you get to the end of the movie, this couple will have an argument or a major fight

You know the picture is finally over when they kiss and then reunite

You are going to see actors, and wonder where did you see them last?

Chances are it was the last movie you just finished, because they use the same cast

I think all their movies are done all at once in a special space

They just get all their actors to run from place to place

Do their scene, then off to wardrobe to the next one

Continue this for months on end until every film is done

The money they save on location sites alone would pay the actors wages

This could also help them when they have to build new stages

This just sums up any Hallmark movie starting from A to Z

Ask anyone who watches them and I’m sure they will all agree

I myself have given up on all these Hallmark movies because I have found something better to do

I’ve dedicated all my valuable time to watching “Letterkenny”, I just finished season two

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