The Projectionist’s Nightmare

The Projectionist’s Nightmare 

This is the projectionist’s nightmare : 
A bird finds its way into the cinema, 
finds the beam, flies down it, 
smashes into a screen depicting a garden, 
a sunset and two people being nice to each other. 
Real blood, real intestines, slither down 
the likeness of a tree. 
‘This is no good,’ screams the audience, 
‘This is not what we came to see.’
Uit:
Notes to the Hurrying Man, Brian Patten
London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd
Sixth impression 1971
ISBN 0 04 808007 1