[Newspoetry] Book of Life and its Movie

[Joe Futrelle]

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Joe Futrelle
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On Nov 29, 2005, at 3:35 PM, DL Emerick wrote:

> I've read the book of my life,
> and it was pretty dull stuff,
> no dialogue, little scenery,
> no big action scenes of drama,
> no comedic relief was needed,
> no fantastic figures of evil,
> no dazzling beauties of romance,
> just lots of little things,
> the smallest and the least,
> and closets full of words,
> many broken and worn-out,
> some of them still in wrappers,
> waiting to be used sensibly,
> or wantonly, if appropriate.
>
> I guess I'll wait for the movie;
> maybe the character who plays me
> will do a better job of it than I,
> and appear larger than (my) life,
> when he is up on the silver screen --
> Kevin Smalley or Nicolas Cage,
> or, if they jazz it up, Tom Hanks --
> but go see it on opening night,
> it won't stay in theaters long,
> critical success, box office bust.
>
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