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The Most Boring Movie
The most boring movie you have seen;
No, it's not those celluloid screen exhibits
with one movie wonders and dying starlets.
nor the ones from around Mediterranean-
with somber death and static medium
where dead leaves and swirling water
get captured and catapulted
into celebrity status-
celebratory of life-force.
The most boring movie
you have seen is none
of these.
Really, rather
the most boring movie
starts the moment-
you step out of the greasy elevator .
in your renovated building
everyday.
'Cause you are in it'
'Cause you star in it'
Along with your feigned perfection
and empirical attempts
at tangible progress
which go down the drain
as you drink the bitter pain.
and seek warmth from strangers
Gulping, chewing, stuffing, buying
Glancing, faking, trying, really trying.
The most boring movie
of your life ends
when you step inside
the elevator
of your building
and the security guard
does not even notice you;
too engrossed in examining
his ear wax.
And those couple of minutes
inside the metal box,
you fake everything-
indifference, weariness and yawn
You even fake being yourself
as you don't have
an option
another way
anything;
you are your audience,
the theatre
You are the joker
with smudged makeup and red eyes.
You are the leftover,
the unofficial outcast
Your struggle to fit in,
to impress, to connect
Your attempts to feel
and love and like and enjoy
are just endlessly hopeless
and yet you continue
Time and again,
shooting your veins with
optimism
caffeine
bad sex
social networking
fake participation
pseudo intellectualism
quasi-cognizant-thematic-masturbation
and so on
The most boring movie
of your life has you
in the lead
and you never ever give up,
never quit.
You just try and see
what happens-for that one go;
to hog the limelight,
to prove,
to feel that
fleeting stardom.
And this movie has reruns
and flash backs,
where deja vu
is the way of event
And the music is grounded,
thumping and inconsistent
This movie has flexible casting
for secondary roles;
You must not bother, really
You just smile cause
you are on the Telly,
Ha Ha
Yes-Appreciate the glow
on your face
in the reflection on
the steel innards of the elevator
This is your life-
the most boring movie
and if your apartment
does not have
an elevator then,
well...forget it
It's just heartbreakingly sad!
No, it's not those celluloid screen exhibits
with one movie wonders and dying starlets.
nor the ones from around Mediterranean-
with somber death and static medium
where dead leaves and swirling water
get captured and catapulted
into celebrity status-
celebratory of life-force.
The most boring movie
you have seen is none
of these.
Really, rather
the most boring movie
starts the moment-
you step out of the greasy elevator .
in your renovated building
everyday.
'Cause you are in it'
'Cause you star in it'
Along with your feigned perfection
and empirical attempts
at tangible progress
which go down the drain
as you drink the bitter pain.
and seek warmth from strangers
Gulping, chewing, stuffing, buying
Glancing, faking, trying, really trying.
The most boring movie
of your life ends
when you step inside
the elevator
of your building
and the security guard
does not even notice you;
too engrossed in examining
his ear wax.
And those couple of minutes
inside the metal box,
you fake everything-
indifference, weariness and yawn
You even fake being yourself
as you don't have
an option
another way
anything;
you are your audience,
the theatre
You are the joker
with smudged makeup and red eyes.
You are the leftover,
the unofficial outcast
Your struggle to fit in,
to impress, to connect
Your attempts to feel
and love and like and enjoy
are just endlessly hopeless
and yet you continue
Time and again,
shooting your veins with
optimism
caffeine
bad sex
social networking
fake participation
pseudo intellectualism
quasi-cognizant-thematic-masturbation
and so on
The most boring movie
of your life has you
in the lead
and you never ever give up,
never quit.
You just try and see
what happens-for that one go;
to hog the limelight,
to prove,
to feel that
fleeting stardom.
And this movie has reruns
and flash backs,
where deja vu
is the way of event
And the music is grounded,
thumping and inconsistent
This movie has flexible casting
for secondary roles;
You must not bother, really
You just smile cause
you are on the Telly,
Ha Ha
Yes-Appreciate the glow
on your face
in the reflection on
the steel innards of the elevator
This is your life-
the most boring movie
and if your apartment
does not have
an elevator then,
well...forget it
It's just heartbreakingly sad!
Published 22nd Nov 2011
| Edited 7th Jan 2012
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Anonymous
25th Nov 2011 10:12am
I was delighted when I came back to read this piece a second time, and you had changed the font. It made the piece much easier to read. Thank You.
I liked the 'life is a movie' metaphor, it makes for some vivid imagery.
I enjoyed this...Kudos!
Blue Skies.
Al
I liked the 'life is a movie' metaphor, it makes for some vivid imagery.
I enjoyed this...Kudos!
Blue Skies.
Al
25th Nov 2011 12:00pm
Al
Now I know, it was you
I had a word with. There
was Mr. A Lip on another
poem of mine.
Am learning my way around.
Well, it was constructive.
And am happy you came back.
Thanks for the kindness. Happy
you liked it.
S'
Now I know, it was you
I had a word with. There
was Mr. A Lip on another
poem of mine.
Am learning my way around.
Well, it was constructive.
And am happy you came back.
Thanks for the kindness. Happy
you liked it.
S'
