My Favourite Movie

 

 

 

I have a favourite movie

That has no name,

I like it so much

I watch it again and again.

 

I especially like

The parts of high suspense

And having watched it many times

I still feel tense.

 

It’s like, one of these times

He is not going to make it,

Leaving it for the last minute

Has become his habit.

 

Of course, as you know,

This has to be the star

And compared to the movie’s star.

None else is on par.

 

He is speeding along

And you expect him to crash

But with a twist and a turn

He is through in a flash.

 

Or, he goes into a town

And buts up on a fast gun

And the slower lies in the dust

When the dual is done.

 

And you constantly wonder

Why he wins every time

Notwithstanding that this movie

Is inscribed on your mind.

 

It’s my favourite movie

Though they’re others I like more

Yet every time I watch it,

Something new is in store.

 

Did that verse escape you?

Well, I would not be surprised,

That it also puzzles me

Cannot be denied.

 

Another thing that I like

About my favourite movie

Is how the star of this show

Is so immensely tricky.

 

He hides in the same location

Each and every time

And though his enemies get close

Him they can never find.

 

Every time I watch it

I expect a different outcome

But it is the same old, same old

When the movie is done.

 

No doubt you would ask me,

Why watch it so many times?

After all, it is my favourite movie,

It’s always on my mind.

 

 

This guy went to the cinema

At least twice a day,

He went to watch the same movie

Whenever it would play.

 

Like me, he really liked it

Or, maybe he didn’t at all,

But he went back each and every time

Hoping the building would fall.

 

The movie showed a building

Leaning precariously

And just when it seemed it would fall

The scene changed suddenly.

 

He knew should it fall

There would be action galore

So, like me, he always went back

Hoping for more.

 

My wife will watch a series

Over and over again

And it seems every time she feels

The same excitement and pain.

 

In my favourite movie

The movie star always wins,

Oh, how I wish life was like this

And not so grim!

 

That I could win every time

Just like my movie star

But I guess that is rather far-fetched-

Life is not on par.

 

Stewart Russell © June 9, 2023