Sunday Matinee
For two and a half hours
I forgot my own name and floated nameless
like a shadow through other people's lives,
with strangers, communally spent,
by trials resolved at the end
with strings and teardrops.
Redemption in Cinema 7.
But as credits flash by and noses wiped,
Earth returns with disappointing weight
and uncomfortable laughter.
That's how we leave.
On the upward slant.
With light-hungry eyes,
which follow the beams to the projectionist's booth.
The lines tangle and tingle just over our heads
like life-saving light in Old World paintings.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 3, 2, 4 |
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