movie
no matter how many times
you've seen it
or how
many years have gone by,
but as Halloween approaches
it's on tv
all the time.
The Exorcist.
we make a big bowl of popcorn
and settle
into the couch,
turning the lights off,
throwing
the throw blanket
over our legs.
she opens up her package of
Twizzlers
and nibbles at the long red
squiggly
piece of candy.
i'm getting chills already,
i say out loud.
it's like a home movie
we used to take with our VHS
camera.
the possessed girl
reminds me so much of....
don't say it, she says.
i know what you're going
to say.
it reminds you of your
ex-wife, right?
right.
especially when her
head spins around and she
upchucks
all that green stuff.
oh brother, she says,
holding out the Twizzlers,
i take one
and begin to nervously gnaw
on it
as the tinkling of spooky music
plays on.
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