Roll tape with mouths agape

Is anyone filming this crazy nightmare?

Roll tape with mouths agape

Unconscious and irrational,

Like toys we are played

And tossed into the bin

When the child loses interest.

Rag dolls and action figures,

We fall atop one another,

Waiting for attention.

Empty promises are

Senseless and absurd.

But we gobble them still,

Hoping this time

Our globe will spin

The other way.

“Roll tape!” we chant.

“Give us tales to tell

And stories to shout.

Tell us you really mean it this time.

Play us again.”

But our batteries are losing juice.

We’re becoming broken

With frayed edges

And faded faces.

Film at 11.

c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

31 Days of Poetry and Writing: Write about something commonplace, which is also a miracle. (18)

31 Writing Prompts: Think of the last movie you saw. Write a review on it. (18)

Daily Post: “promises” (12)

OctPoWriMo: - “senseless” – with “absurd,” “irrational,” “unconscious,” and “empty” - FREE VERSE POEM (18)

Meme Express: “toys”

Six Word Saturday: See subtitle.

Stream of Consciousness Saturday: “ho” word/s

#OctPoWriMo  

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The Cameraman

Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick

 1928

Public domain

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