A film set on a staircase


from the ABC set Scotland

We should make a film set on this staircase
a chilling thriller,
the story of a killer
addicted to the thrill of the chase.
We should make a film set on these stairs
have a soundtrack written by the girl who sings in the street
the opening sequence can be acoustic guitar and the bare feet
of our protagonist, who scares

the whole house by screeching.
This is when the camera cuts to cobblestones
we hear the heavy breathing of our villain
but it won’t be one of those films preaching
our director’s morals, using symbolism of broken bones.
It’ll just be a film about killing.

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