Reality Show

So those shows about reality
I would never lob them
Living in an apartment
With sights and sounds
Creates a certain problem

Our cat scares the bejesus
Out of my wife more than me
Likes to walk along the rail
Panoramic view
From a 4th floor balcony

Cigarettes in our plants
Sometimes still alight
Smell of pot is rampant
Ashtrays are so cheap
But suppose his budget's tight

Our kitty-corner neighbour
Likes his rock 'n' roll
A drunken buddy over
Serenades the lot
As 12 bells begin to toll

Notices were posted
New pavement for our parking
Please move your cars this day
Came to do the job
Not without much barking

One guy left his vehicle
Became an island full of dust
Had left a window down
When they towed his truck
He pled indignant and unjust

And I've heard tenant's yell
I think it is sufficed
To say it can't be true
"Skanky fucken whore!"
"Jesus fucking Christ!"

We were doing things in bed
When two people have been shot
Sounds like fireworks
She said wasn't rare
This is magical I thought

Thankfully one lived
Still most extended stays
Bullet holes in the lobby
Through glass and into walls
Fixed within four days!

So returning to my problem
Most times I hardly scoff
The action barely ending
Full of twist-burning plots
But
I cannot turn it off