poem of the day April 3

TV friends exist

but do they count?

The familiar face

The reassuring friend

talking into the camera

intimately just at you

We know their lives

delight in their escapades 

Have secret crushes on them

But are they real friends

or only imaginary reel friends?

Super strange in these days when

even real friends are reel friends too

But what I want to know is

what does one get out of it?

Why do we form a friendship

with someone who does not 

even know of you?