In the old films, the heroes make exaggerated expressions—
Shaking their fists, or tap-dancing at street-corners,
While foreign, foreign voices announce the day’s news behind.
And in the old photographs, people have
Hairstyles and clothes so stagey we have to laugh.
Sometimes I think that they’re laughing with us,
It’s all a big joke, of course the screens and glossy pages
Wasn’t how they lived really. And I can laugh freer
Knowing that the future will cut us the same slack.
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