09-08-2024, 06:46 AM
Audience Hesitation
You want to know before
the movie starts,
the novel hooks you in,
not as a spoiler, YouTube clip
or liner note
(that would be cheating)–
nor must you be told
if there will be romantic interludes,
partings and reunions,
degradation, even loss of hope:
no, what you burn to know
(what all consumers yearn to know
before we dive in deep)
is if they leave as lovers.
You want to know before
the movie starts,
the novel hooks you in,
not as a spoiler, YouTube clip
or liner note
(that would be cheating)–
nor must you be told
if there will be romantic interludes,
partings and reunions,
degradation, even loss of hope:
no, what you burn to know
(what all consumers yearn to know
before we dive in deep)
is if they leave as lovers.
Non-practicing atheist

