RESPECT IS MY ATTITUDE Please don’t litter.
CLOSE MY EYES Here I lay,
The city is like your home.
the ruins of what’s left of a day. Less than ordinary, not very exciting at all.
Please practice cell phone etiquette.
Yet so very exasperating.
Keep your private life private! I close my eyes, Please don’t cut off the cars,
resting them after a day of training them on the world,
block driveways, or cut in car lines.
battered, abused, and beaten by the Madison Avenue scene,
Relax…life is short…let’s be civilized. Please hold the door for the person behind you. No one likes a slammed door in their face.
the sparkle and strange chatter of a stranger. My feet lay limp and lifeless after hours of supporting my cigarette habit and blazing old trails. Tired from taking me from one adventure to another they can’t see.
Please give up your seat on public transportation— To the elderly, handicapped, and mothers with babies.
Wondering how they can walk a mile in another man’s shoes
THE DIRECTOR’S WORD
when they can barely stand to go a few more feet in what they’re in now. So this is what it feels like to be god.
Please don’t spit on our sidewalks and streets. You know it’s unhealthy…not to mention gross. Please do pick up after your dogs.
Now I lay me down to sleep.
I summon my powers—the producers, writers,
Good dreams tonight I hope I reap.
camera men and actor. In no time, I’m creating
Dreams not of what might be but what might have been.
a universe. I carve the mountains in each
How the day might have gone had I only stayed in one place.
character’s path. The day and the night
When was the last time you enjoyed stepping in it?
come and go at my command. Had I let the world come and find me today,
Please don’t curse in public. Teach children well. The city is a home to everyone from everywhere
would old friends have stopped by? Would I have been killed?
I am the director almighty. My will be
Would I have been cast in a movie where I run naked
done. Thou shalt be no prima donna higher
through a desert speaking nonsensical French?
than me, for I am a vengeful and jealous director.
Or at the very least, not be so tired as I am now?
I giveth your career life and I can taketh it away.
and we enjoy so many different types of music— But not noise pollution.
David DeSilva
For this brief moment in time, I am god. I am held up on high as my meager underlings
Don’t forget to say “excuse me” or “please” and “thank you”— Courtesy should be our common language.
tremble at my feet. My every command is law. This universe that I create, that I bring to life in the final cut—a universe that came to life
Matteo N. Delgrosso
when I let there be lights, camera, action.
David DeSilva
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