by Marshall Begel

“Cinema chain offers hypnosis: Forget your favorite movie and watch it for the first time again”
—Dagens.com

Rosebud was his childhood sled.
Norman’s mom was long-since dead.
HAL 9000’s code turned bad.
Vader’s Luke and Leah’s dad.
Gwynneth’s head was in the box.
Goldfinger would nuke Fort Knox.
I’ve seen it all—you can’t surprise me,
so go ahead and hypnotize me.