Movies, Musings & Unrelated Nonsense

I think most people go to the movies
for the popcorn and cokes
and the chance to share the darkness
and feed on the energy of the crowd
that's why even a piece of shit movie
will nearly always at least break even
people want a reason to clump together
in dark crowded spaces and pretend
if only for two hours or near it

that the bills don't need paid
and the grass isn't going to need mowing
and that the emptiness in their life
can be filled by entertainment
and the company of strangers whose faces
they cannot and need not see clearly
and the soothing of comfort food
will make reality blur out of focus
and let them rejuvenate a little
by absorbing the laughter or emotions
of all the others in the crowd

I say, hell yes to this concept
I go to the movies at least once a week
I lick the butter from my popcorn coated fingers
I devour the smorgasbord of human emotion
and wash it down with an icy coca cola
which draws me a little closer to everyone
and brings me to the center
of understanding in myself
that sometimes we need to escape
in to the cool recesses of a dim room
and fill our gut with junk food
while we feel the connection to the masses
who are all just struggling to find
the best way back to the whole we came from