get the big blanket

i prefer

the black and white

movies.

noir

style.

mysteries.

detectives

and gun molls.

dames.

beauties

with daggers lingering

in the shadows.

trains

and grey cities.

the underling

music

foreboding

as the story unfolds.

give me Hitchcock

and Raymond

Chandler.

The Big Sleep.

Bogart

and Cagney.

Lana Turner.

John Garfield.

turn the lights off,

make the popcorn

and get the big blanket.

we're in

for the night.