The Film Student Without His Camera
He zooms in
on his music, hand tapping
a meter, a soft boom, boom, boom.
Skateboard tilts against his leg. He
fingers his nose ring,
an edit his Mom
panned. But he'd just cut
a sweet face and crooned "Hello
Dolly," for his music-loving mama.
Now, he peers through a gray-
filmed window on the El, captures
the world through his blinking lens.
I chose the film industry. My verbs were: 1. edit, 2. pan, 3. tilt;
4. zoom, 5. cut. My nouns were: 1. film, 2. lens, 3. dolly, 4. boom,
5. meter. The young guy is someone I saw on the El, who got on in the
University City district.
