is thursday still laundry day?

it's always the little things that make you wonder because they're the least likely to change.

The film came out last year

I can't really remember when, I wasn't concentrating. 

Rather

I was trying my hardest not to concentrate, 

Seeing if it would all pass me by. 

(I loved it

They told me

Without me asking what they thought) 

If I had seen it, I would have seen you

in every scene

whether I liked it or not.

It wasn't Hollywood's film to make. 

It was you and yours alone. 

I couldn't help but hate it even more when I thought about that.

I still haven't seen Star Wars. 

(Everyone thinks it's not my sort of film

But actually, it's because I'll never hear you explain the first trilogy to me

And it's no longer a prerequisite to enter your home) 

Halloween rolls around, year after year. 

it's so damn American, I tell people. 

No one will understand any costume I wear anyway. 

I always thought that one year, 

I could spend that most American of holidays with you, the most American of girls. 

Some Thursdays, I think of you doing laundry, 

with the heavy metal turned up high

and the horror movie waiting in the DVD player, 

and I think

Well, I hope

That even if we've changed beyond repair

Some things have stayed the same. 

Author's Note

this is my first try and it's more a stream of consciousness than anything else.

Reviews

[Collabent Crutch]

Excellent read. Love the mood, the nostalgia, the images.

I especially loved these lines, "(Everyone thinks it's not my sort of film
But actually, it's because I'll never hear you explain the first trilogy to me
And it's no longer a prerequisite to enter your home)"

The feeling there really got to me. Well done.