LOVE POEM ~

Love Poem



I hate all these new movies

I hate the sameness of the new theaters
 
I hate the cold seats in the poor old theaters
 
I hate seeing the young kids waiting in line for the film I just hated
 
I hate the parents that let these kids see films that hate
 
I hate you, I know I do
 
I hate the big parking lots
 
I hate the ticket stubs that mean nothing afterwards
 
I hate having to talk about these films
 
I hate not being able to talk about these films
 
I hate that paradox
 
I hate films that have great opening credits and nothing more, nothing more
 
I hate going into a film and coming out seeing that it snowed on the earth while I was away
 
I hate the fact movies no longer tell stories
 
I hate that everyone but me wants to be a movie star
 
I hate the idea that I am a movie star and you just don’t know it
 
I hate the people that don’t watch closing credits
 
I hate the punk who comes in too early to clean the aisles
 
I hate everyone who comes too late
 
I hate anyone who is in my seat — 8 rows up, center
 
I hate anyone who is in my other seat — backrow, center
 
I hate anyone in any of my other seats
 
I hate tubs of popcorn; think of it, tubs!
 
I hate balcony seats that are closed
 
I hate lit EXIT signs and miss old wall clocks
 
I hate smug couples
 
I hate fat farts
 
I hate parents who won’t let their kids run
 
I hate people who stand up behind me
 
I hate the guy who snuck up and criticized us for a film we took our son to then ran away
 
I hate cowards
 
I hate I didn’t get a good look at him
 
I hate the fact it happened while I watched the closing credits



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Bob Arnold
from something forthcoming

 The audience with the film "Gaslight",  Grauman's Chinese Theatre