A poem
Most people
Don’t remember of Stanley Kubrick
Directing the movie Lolita
Which was based off the Russian novel
And the film was shot in black and white
Because
This is a man
Not afraid to explore
And meanwhile the onlookers
Shrieked and moaned
Because
Of the “subject matter”.
The “subject matter!”
Modernity
And modern puritans!
I’m especially suspicious
Not of Kubrick
Not the Ruski!
Not the
Sensible onlookers
The smoothness
Articulating
Evident craftsmanship
Even the subject
The flexing dynamics
Of beauty and power
Of youth
Of growth
Of potential
The strange,
Truly strange
Our desires
That
To look back in shock
Without obligation
Just makes me wonder
What all the fuss was about