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Poetry
Multiplex Siblings
by Jade Walker
She totters like a weeble,
back and forth
with uncertain, aging baby steps
We walk the same distance but I'm halfway
through chapter 6 before
she even takes her seat.
Undaunted,
she makes the long
agonizing trip each Friday
just to enjoy the latest
film release.
It is her time, and mine,
to escape into comedies
time travels and action flicks.
Each movie provides worlds
so different from our own.
Often the last to leave,
we both sit through the lengthy credits
and loud, overbearing music.
I pay homage to the production assistants.
She doesn't want her time
away from the home to end.
Two hours later,
we leave the cavernous room
to the cleanup crews,
and exchange pleasantries
on the way out to the lobby.
I slow my aggressive,
Manhattan pace to match her waiting-for-water-to-boil stride.
We are the faithful
Friday morning crew,
and next week we'll return --
partners in the dark,
kindred of the screen.
Jade Walker is the overnight editor/producer of The New York Times Website and a professional journalist. She writes the weekly column, "Jaded Writings," freelancse for various online and print markets, and moderates the New York City Writers Group. To date, she has published five books, including the dark poetry collection, Sex, Death and Other . . . with Metropolis Ink (paperback, Jan. 2002).