dark room,tight seats,
cup holders,
people whispering,
some in Italian,
cell phone powering down,
woman choosing her seat,
six dollars with a discount,
movie prices are going up,
old movie,
subtitles,
people wandering about,
man taking his garbage out,
napkin dropped,
he stoops to pick it up,
another man comes in and takes his seat,
another stands at the back of the theater to wait for his date,
she comes,
they sit,
first man returns without garbage and with his date,
seat shifting,
mumbles about seat choices,
Is this good for you?
one empty seat between each of them,
old woman,
middle aged man,
young woman,
I'm in a row by myself,
back row,
four seats,
giggles across the aisle,
seats at an angle,
quiet people sitting alone,
some writing (one, me),
cultured people,
old woman asks young woman what she knows about this movie we're about to see,
Oh, no, I think, here we go,
No sense in staying,
young woman asks Why?
Older woman says What do you know because I know nothing.
Well, it's a comedy--
previews,
people still talking,
a hush slowly but surely falls,
projector noise behind me,
Stella Artois---
