the double feature

was there a better way

to spend

a few hours, than in a movie

theater,

back when you were

young.

inside the enormous

cool room,

out of the summer

sun.

a double feature,

a cowboy flick,

an Elvis picture,

it didn't matter.

all you needed was

candy

and a soda with a straw.

some licorice

and the girl

next door, her elbow

touching 

your arm.