How did you like the movie we never saw?
The popcorn, buttered and lightly salted,
we never shared, the sodas we never sipped?
How did it feel not to feel each other's hand,
your arm against mine? What was it like not
to hear the other's laugh or to cling to each
other when the movie we never saw scared
us? What did you think of the leading actor
and actress on the screen, because the screen
was never there? The drama, the plot, the
characterizations, the denouement, because
there were none of these? And the hug we
never hugged and the kiss we never kissed, as
we left the theater that never was there?
How did you like the movie we never saw?

Copyright 2019 Tod Howard Hawks