Archive for September 1st, 2008
A Breeze from Alabama by Scott Joplin
September 1st, 2008 Posted 9:30 pm
It was easy for her to forget her troubles
On old Broadway street.
They transformed the old theater
To play silent pictures
Instead of a stage for recitatives.
She couldn’t believe her luck
When it opened up–
Fifteen cents a ticket
She could afford to see Hollywood
Practically free!
The stock market fell, but she was as happy as could be
Because the price of tickets dropped dramatically
She still had her house and family
And her job hadn’t kicked her out.
Though the only place you saw her was at the movie house
She loved the films that played
Silent, sound, she’d always stay
The movie staff would push her out
As she craned to get a last glimpse of the film
For her tenth time.
She loved the movies–
Silent, sound, jazz, comedy,
It was better than the stage
She had lost her job at the stage
She worked in a factory and hoped
The films would be better to those actors
Than the stage was to her.
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