Lost in Translation
I can’t sleep anymore
Tormented by the possibilities
Of what Bob whispered to Charlotte
At the end of Lost in Translation
There’s a theory he ad libbed the line
Told her he had to be leaving
But wouldn’t ever let that come between them
But that doesn’t resolve anything
It’s a platitude
He’s speaking all sideways
Tangentially
Too much like poetry
When we ask what he says
What we really want to know
Is what he ends up doing.
I know what he should have said:
I love you and cannot leave you
And need you always here
From now until the end of my light
While he folds her into his embrace
And the curtain drops
Or the movie ends
And our life begins
You can tell from the look on her face
6/23/22
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