Out in the streets the parade marches on
A thousand masked faces revel in the night
Walking the long road out of sanity
And happy without the world they left behind
There is a trial to complete, waiting at the end
Given out to the masses approaching
It lies chained against the castle wall
Ready for the crowd to break upon it
And recede into the shallows
Wave after wave turns the moat to a river
Roaring around defenses already crumbling
And when the first brick falls
An ocean in their hearts will rise up
To sweep away all that lives behind the wall
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Finally saw The Irishman today. Always love seeing new Scorsese, and this movie is nothing short of a monument to cinema. Anyone else watch it yet? What did you think?
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9 responses to “Road out of Sanity”
Great visuals on your prose, you challenge my thoughts. Yes the movie was brilliantly done. How could you go wrong with Robert Deniro , Al Pacino and Pesci? The way they were able to age these legends backwards was priceless, and to see the three of them together was a real treat. A gem indeed. Love Joni
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Thank you! Yeah the aging work they did was perfect. I’m honestly still not quite sure which ones are the true age. Amazing performances all around. The phone call scene will stick with me for a while…
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Another 5-Star (Stellar) poem.
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Cheers (:
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🙂
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I enjoyed the movie very much! So glad they didn’t make it into a series. Beautiful poem!!!
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Agreed, it’s long as a stand-alone but it takes you on such a journey I can’t imagine it being broken up. Cheers!
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Waiting to find time to watch it, too many movies on my list at the moment.. great poem though!
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Thank you! Yeah, it took a while for me to find time to watch it. 3 and half hours is a commitment… but it’s definitely worth it!
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