Parts
A movie within a movie
films itself.
Actors feature a reality
a reality that does not exist quite the same
outside of fiction.
Emotions are sometimes ugly,
sometimes beautiful, often agonizing
but they are not all the same.
An emotion in a movie
can be rewound and repeated
and each time it will be the same.
Our reactions can become clockwork like that.
A good actor knows this,
a bad actor is exposed by the words
put in his mouth.
Poetry can have some truth in it
yet still be fiction.
Why this talk of poetry?
Why not?
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2021
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