The Cedarville Review 2018

POETRY AND VISUAL ART 17 Poetry by Tesla Klinger PROJECTIONS The single press of a button And everything is known now. I long for the times when we contemplated The choices and consequences Of choosing wrong when We were allowed to pick one movie From the Family Video rental store. My brother and I had to cooperate Otherwise we missed out on An hour or two of dwelling in other worlds Given to us by the magic of a black plastic Box that might melt in the sun on hot days. The tape stretched when we hit pause— Or that’s at least what adults said— And sometimes my brother had to tighten The tape on the twin spool By sticking his little finger in the Doubled white eyes and twist. Afterwards, we were consoled As we stuck the black package