Early to the Show
/Visiting the 1931 theater each summer, reminds me of the rigid in-place modis operandi, of certain managers regarding this historical landmark.
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Outside the white clapboard Art Deco Theater, patrons drifted into small groups on a warm summer's evening.
People ignored other conversations,
they and we waited…
fidgeted our pockets,
opened purses,
stared at the moon.
When, out of the door came the manager
with a history of crowd control.
And atop the lofty summit of
the stairs, gestured grandly,
corralling to a single file, the now impatient
crowd of fifteen, and threatened
NOT to start the movie
until demands were met.
Barking…
"EVERYONE LISTEN!!”
As politeness shifted to the “stink eye,”
the once cordial group reluctantly
shuffled into place, grumbling,
trying to remember their position in line.
Did we get here before
those people?
Hmm, I know damn well we were
here before them.
Their glares focused on us,
smiling back at them,
already behind the velvet rope.
By Antoni Ooto
From: United States
Website: http://www.ooto.org/blog/