The Projectionist

Story ID:	186
Written by:	Darrell Lindsey (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Nacogdoches Texas USA
Year:	1964
Person:	mother

The Projectionist

You look at your glow in the dark watch,

crane your neck upward to a small window

where light will beam forward toward the screen.

You anticipate the film's foray

into your illusions and dreams--

all those prismatic shades of faux reality.

For two hours, you'll become the projectionist.

A movie within a movie.

As always, we'll see what you want us to see.

When you want us to see it.

You are a vast theatre

where no one takes tickets;

where the popcorn's always free.