I want to go to the movies I want to see people
act like people I don’t know enough about
anything to know if I know about anything
except let mise en scene keep my mouth
watering I am happy to drop yellowy
popcorn in my lake to swim the butter
and I want to laugh like a lake and ripple
in the conflict of others because if this
is the life I am meant to live one
of darkness surrounded by strangers
I want us to at least see the same thing
(originally published in Ginosko Literary Journal, Fall 2021)