The next time the horror film
shows a scene
with the full moon,
run to the theater screen,
climb the stage
to the audience's chagrin,
and run your hand
across the silver orb
as projected and portrayed
on stretched vinyl.
Bear the spewed curses
and threats from the crowd
for a few seconds,
then get down
and slink back to your seat
to finish the movie,
your pop corn,
and decaf, decaf, decaf.
Karlo Sevilla of Quezon City, Philippines is the author of the full-length poetry collection “Metro Manila Mammal” (Soma Publishing, 2018) and the zine “Outsourced!...” (Revolt Magazine, 2017). His poems appear or are forthcoming in Philippines Graphic, DIAGRAM, Small Orange, Radius, Ariel Chart, NĪNSHAR Arts, querencia, and elsewhere. He tweets at @KarloSevilla2