Revision
contained
wrapped within
people in their places
mostly lost
found
sucker for a story
the first page
not the last
I like beginnings
where it’s possible
and easy
all the mess in the middle
skip that
I hate roller coasters
and the way it ends
endings are so final
a tiny dot
.
at the end of a sentence
that had so much to say
but ran out of space
I love happy endings
not the sad ones
like Titanic
I hate that movie
every time I watch it
unsettled
what happened to the magic
the magic in the movie
the story
the script
the revision
Jack lives
he gets to live
why didn’t he
get to live
where was the edit
the final edit
somebody sick that day
he should have lived
Jack …
and his Happily Ever After
with Rose …
I hate that movie
and that stupid song Celine sings
.
TL