And now for our (optional) prompt. Today’s challenge is a fun one: write a poem that takes the form of the opening scene of the movie of your life. Does it open with a car chase? A musical number? A long scene panning across a verdant plain? You’re the director (and also the producer, the actors, the set designer, the cinematographer, and the lowly assistant that buys doughnuts for the crew) – so it’s all up to you!

The clapper-board snaps,'Action!' Take 1.

Swaying trees, cool breeze
I, in a chiffon saree
Music plays
The hero's in a daze 
The gentry
is watching; I make an entry
The loose end of the saree, flying
My hips swinging
I strut on six-inch heels
Blind to fallen banana peels
And, before I know
         I go
                go
                       g    
                               o   
                             
                                     oh!
I land on my butt! 

The dumb slate goes shut. Someone shouts, 'Cut!'


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