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      September 24, 2017We Saw Mother!Barry Peters

      We noted the mythological and the biblical
      The allegorical and the anagogical
      The feminism and the masochism
      The kitchen sink all thrown in
      Like the garlic parm cinnamon flavor
      Smothering our buttered tub o’ popcorn.
       
      We watched Jennifer Lawrence being pummeled
      Or rather her character being pummeled
      Or was it us being pummeled
      Pummeled pummeled pummeled
       
      As we sank in our newly renovated seats
      Swimming in the faux leather
      The various buttons reclining us
      Into various horizontal contortions
      Like first-class passengers
      Who can’t feel the turbulence.

      from Poets Respond

      Barry Peters

      “We saw Mother! We didn’t like the film, but we definitely enjoyed the discussion that it engendered among ourselves, our friends, and online … though ‘enjoyed’ is a somewhat perverse word, considering the issues that the movie explores.”