the Donner film
on Sunday afternoon
how is
it
to be super
and how to dole it out
what gets taken
care of
who
and who does not get
the saving
since we tend to think there are limitations
of time
and energy and
can’t slip through dimensions of these
yet
and
don’t know how that works
so calculate from now
to now
and what is heard
and what is the response
and if not
in dimensions
how
about the nanosecond that maybe
the extraordinary her might pass through
to help
or simply to stop the wars with
a warning that
the rest is up
to us
so
humans
get it
together
and I will be there as I can
billions to help
beyond one
even
the amazing one
and finally like
us
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photo by Wil Stewart on Unsplash
(x = space)
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Passport
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Then
There was the story of
The woman at the grocery’s
Who
Encountered
Someone new
Requesting an I-D
To
Accompany the check
x
And she brought out
Her passport
Maybe still
Shiny
With unuse
Except it jostled
‘Round
With all the other things
x
The purse inside
The purse
You know
Each with jostled things
x
Bypassing the license
For that
Passport
x
To indicate
To someone new
She might have been somewhere or will
Be going
Somewhere someday soon
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C L Couch
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This story did not happen and is based (fictively) on something the mother said in the movie Breaking Away, directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. Set in Bloomington, it is a good movie for (about) the summer. The mother is portrayed by Barbara Barrie.
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Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash
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Looking at You
(first films)
Have you ever seen The Big Sleep?
Like the earlier Maltese Falcon
Philip Marlowe
Sam Spade
Raymond Chandler
Dashiell Hammett
Many people say the plots are convoluted
They say that because they are
So we watch for character
The personalities
The texture
The underlying value
I like both films a lot
They are cynical stories
But there’s an underline of care
Otherwise, why watch?
I know it’s fashionable to avoid a message
Sometimes the words get through, anyway
They are in the folds of a trenchcoat
In a look from woman’s or man’s eye
In the outcome, which only
Works if
We look subcutaneously
Appreciate not the lack of technical justice
But the abundance of
Sound conclusions and livable ethics
Manifest
I’m sorry, I don’t want to give away
The endings
Have I said too much? Sorry, again
But watch the movies, anyway
They have action
They have dialogue that ricochets
Sharper than bullets on stone
They have energy
They bring the oddest hope onto the screen
Something to talk about on the way home
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