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The Cinema
by Alice S. Shapiro → (All Poetry by Alice S. Shapiro)
Tuesday, August 4, 2015    Rated "G" by the Author.
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When I attended the cinema yesterday (Paper Towns) and observed the before during and after activities of people around me, I wondered how art imitates life or whether there are no boundaries between the two.

When a family splits –
like yard sales,
one person’s junk
is treasure for the hungry.

Perhaps it is not that they desire
the cancer….
It may be that the particular cancer
is much more attractive than the one
called sweet.

I claim my pretty cancer
and you may have:

            The funny one

            The ugly one

            The old and crippled one

Why not?

I deserve her…. I’m…. I am….
Here’s a litle seed –
“You fill in the rest”
(taken out of context and not referring
to its original lovely intention or person)
and be off with you!
while I mock, or steal
or mop the floor
with your braids
or your apron
(filigreed or laced, or Delph’d)
We are…. You’re not.

© Alice S Shapiro 2015

 

 


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 Reviews of "The Cinema"
Reviewed by Alice Shapiro
Reviewed on August 5, 2015
Thank you for the review, Ron, and the question about the title. Hopefully I was able to clarify a bit in the description. Always welcome questions since I tend toward abstract thinking.

Have a great day!

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 5, 2015
Interesting way that this is presented and its subject. I'm having trouble trying to figure out why it is called, The Cinema?

Ron


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