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The Projectionist

Story ID:186
Written by:Darrell Lindsey
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.

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