Heretic(2024)

What’s the last movie that made you cry?

I’ll have to be honest and not digress,

My words are definitely not in jest,

Our local cinema has just closed down,

The town  population wears a constant frown,

No one will  giggle  anymore at a Hugh Grant

rom-com,

Now Hugh himself thinks his future lies  in a scary

house ,

Not a posh interaction with a middle class louse,

The heroine must escape Hugh’s religious fervour

or possibly worse,

Suddenly Hugh’s charm became a curse,

I loved the idea and would have loved  to see

that  film

But where or when do I watch it with

this Competitive Global Schism,

On Netflix,Freeview or by monthly subscription,

So my sad story is the film made me cry,

Because I’ll probably never see it before I die.

I wish Cinema could again financially boom,

And not  that our only option is our living room,

Local Councils  shouldn’t charge such  a big

Business Rate,

Then set up roadworks that make you late

The building needs to be big to house the crowd

But “twenty quid a head” for crying out loud!

Let a  night at the cinema become a joy again,

And let’s hear an audience’s cheer  to the very end

Namaste and Thank You for reading🙏

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