Let the cameras roll

and show the world our happy side,

a side show to the main event

in which tonight we shall ever be

the star with a smile and

the director of our final moves

caught on film

and like some great old movie

in which the heroes jump

out at the end and go

determined to be seen

as with guns blazing

we shall not hear the word action

over the roar of the crowd.

 

A good friend of mine once said

as we rolled down Pennsylvania avenue

in her proudly built American car,

the hood

staring back at us

with eyes, eyes, eyes

everywhere,

“You know,

we can shoot a President

on film and children run en masse

in thousands, all stars of the future,

what hope do we have in the age of

camcorders for all, that someone won’t come

up to us in a crowded cinema,

smile, focus and click,

we’re the next big thing

never to be forgotten on film,

more like a shooting star

of someone else’s warped movie!”

 

Ian D. Hall 2015