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My Life in Film Festivals (haiku #1)

from Movie Theatre Haiku by Chris Robley

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remember that movie we saw at the film festival?
-the one with the girl and the artist.
this torn and worn ticket stub is reminding me of your breasts
that I praised in darkness.

a period piece set in France with a star-crossed romance
and the ending dragged on in slow-motion.
I held your hand as you breathed heavy during the scenes where they made love
like us by the ocean.

and when the couple would fight, grainy and black and white
it seemed like they fought out of boredom.
and when the theatre turned on the lights, exit out to the night
all the leaves in the street colored autumn

I said I sided with him, you found him selfish and dim
like all men who dwell within their own minds
you don’t want to be alone so I’m walking you home
hand in hand, both of us for the last time

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from Movie Theatre Haiku, released January 15, 2009
words and music by chris robley
produced by chris robley and rob stroup
engineered by rob stroup
mastered by carl saff

musicians- chris robley (guitars, piano, bass, percussion, vocals, organ, whistling), rob stroup (drums)

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Chris Robley Lewiston, Maine

"Chris Robley is at the top of his game with his new work." - KCRW

Maine-based singer/songwriter and award-winning poet Chris Robley (formerly from Portland, Oregon) performs orchestral indie-pop and fractured folk reminiscent of John Lennon, John Vanderslice, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Henry.

His poetry has appeared in POETRY Magazine, Prairie Schooner, and many other journals. ... more

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