A River Runs Through It again an
again anagain
maybe the only other films hes seen as much are It’s a Wonderful Life Meet John Doe
Jeremiah Johnson Legends of the
Fall Arsenic and Old Lace
lines stick with himkeep hauling him back
Mebbe what he likes is
someone trying to help him.
And so it
is those we live with, and should know, who elude us. But we can still love them.
We can love completely, without complete understanding.
they sometimes occur when he
happens to glance in the bathroom mirror in the hall mirror when hes
absorbed in other thoughtsdistracted
his skull teams sense nonsense no sense using pry bars gooseneck wrecking bars
through their exploring cacophony
a ghosty voice
voices
not his not movie characters voicevoices of strangers
perhaps the strangers who inhabit
his dreams because he rarely dreams of anyone he knows
anwhy not
he rarely sees anyone he knows
made a choice long ago
a longreasoned determined decision
that old line looking in the rearview
mirror
hard to drive forward
could suppose hes drove hard forward
maybe to escape
others have thought thatsaid as much
he didnt correct themthere was no correcting them
set in their way
he set in his
he was pursuing himself
sometimes he got awfully closealmost closeenough to touch
spurs flash
pulls away
but never out of sight
unsaid
Catchup sloow poke
the lines are romantic
he could admit that
he wasthough made him laugh deeply heartfelt
what was he romancing
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