Amid the tension crowded movie house

                      A pager pitched a fitful piercing squall.

                      A wave of horror swept the startled crowd.

 

                      To know the terror weakened hearts resolved.

                      Would none escape despite their dire call

                       Amid the tension crowded movie house?

 

                       When passions mount projectionists arouse;

                       Their traced exposure intimately drawn.

                        A wave of horror swept the startled crowd.

 

                        A muted patron shrieked a deadened sound.

                        Her voice had silenced once by what she saw

                        Amid the tension crowded movie house.

 

                        Unrully children passed their arrant foul.

                        Bewildered mothers gasped with fresh appall.

                         A wave of horror swept the startled crowd.

 

                        A telling final image faded out.

                        Though disbelief received the wrecking ball

                        Amid the tension crowded movie house

                        A wave of horror swept the startled crowd.

 

 

J Nguyen Knight