The Film Star

The Film Set

you can star in your spaghetti western
your silent film
your tribute to Buster Keaton
your Hitchcock thriller
your Rumble in the Jungle
your Thriller in Manilla 
i will just step to one side
and then find myself a plane
watching something slowly die
is not my favourite game
watching a big screen epic
in all but its name
is really quite tepid 
and leaves you half insane
you star in your Romantic Comedy
this super strange sub plot
your road trip movie
with shades of Alfred Hitchcock
you star in your Italian Job
your costume drama and historic epic
where history sadly never stops
you keep on boxing
like that famous movie southpaw 
tired of the ducking and the diving
i cannot take anymore


James Garratt – Thursday 6th August 2009