Twas The Night -

Twas the night before Christmas and on my TV Netflix was trying to entertain me I’d paid my subscription but what did I see Movies I watched in Nineteen Eighty Three * There’s some that are newer but what would you think The lips of the actors aren’t even in synch And so when the actors get all touchy feely The dialogue sounds like it might be Swahili It takes me a while but I soon understand The movie was made in a far away land So that explains why the star talks like John Wayne But looks like he hails from the Southwest of Spain I try to recall how the subtitles work I’m bashing the buttons like some kind of jerk When I get it right the subtitles kick in But then the screen fades out to leave the word…… ‘Fin’ My wife went to bed in a huff and I said These foreign movies all mess with my head Then Netflix suggestions include ‘East of Eden’ But I’m seeking films (with subtitles) from Sweden Of course I just said that to shock you awake Who looks at the subtitles for goodness sake But this night before Christmas, I had no idea What I found was no movie… just an ad for IKEA