HOLLYWOODS
Untarnished Silver
Will de Kypia



Shane (1953)

A dying loner rides into a valley where
he finds a family, a fight, and the woman
who wants him, wants him, wants him.

When he rides out of the valley
the loner knows he's dying.

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Pinocchio: The Sequel (1971)
for Cliff Edwards

Geppetto’s puppet boy did just fine.

Charmed into life out of knotty pine, he
got locked in a cage, told the Blue Fairy a
lie, and was changed from boyish to asinine.

Yet his part of the tale ended quite well.

In the final reel, a brave Pinocchio
earns himself the right to be real.

His insect companion fared less swell.

Jiminy Cricket hailed from Hannibal, MO.
He lived a life tinsel, lotsa ladies and dough,
until the booze and the drugs, the gambling
and three ex-wives consigned him to hell.

He ended up broken, he ended up broke,
in his final reel this valediction he spoke —

___"Then I wished upon a star,
____now I'm gone with the wind.
____Rain still falls but no one sings.

____Strum the uke lowly if you think of me,
____ablaze in the infernal circle reserved for
____those improvident wretches who pissed
____away their precious measure of days."

Flashdance (1983)

Once upon a time in a world made of steel,
made of stone, there were three dreamers —
the dancer, the jester, and the ice princess.

Only one of these dreamers had a true dream.

This is her story.
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