She sat in the theater's dimness
and watched a movie
with her friends
She suspected a sad ending
so she pulled out her phone
and looked it up
She just had to know
Warm tears traced tributaries
down her cheeks
as she read the spoiler
in the chilly theater
She wiped her eyes
slid the phone into her pocket
and watched it all unfurl
on the massive screen before her
And despite already knowing
How it would end
she cried as
the credits
rolled
Jason Fisk lives and writes in the suburbs of Chicago. He has worked in a psychiatric unit, labored in a cabinet factory, and mixed cement for a bricklayer. He was born in Ohio, raised in Minnesota, and has spent the last 25 years in the Chicago area. www.jasonfisk.com
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