That Old Ending

This story has already been written

and I’ve always hated the ending

and yet here we go again

Another Hollywood retread

Let’s hope this time

the writers tweaked the tale

so the poor little lovesick fool

doesn’t suffer quite so much

or for nearly as long

Maybe they even dared enough

to change that horrid ending

(but I wouldn’t hold my breath)

I mean, names and details changed already

so why can’t where this goes

be a brighter, happier moment

than the last version?

Happy endings sell, y’know?

And not everything realistic

has to be all moody and depressing.

Let the love story be requited, for once.

We already see how important she’s become to him

now may she come to realize

that he means just as much to ber

Don’t let this one end in struggle

This story doesn’t have to tell a lesson

All it needs is our two heroes

finding each other

and learning that their lives are better

together rather than apart

Thst simple, that straightforward

No twist, no trick,

no after credits scene

Just a much better ending

than the film that came before

(Have I mentioned how I hated that old ending?)

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