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Body Snatchers
by Bruce W Niedt
The scariest movie I ever saw as a child
was Invasion of the Body Snatchers,
the original, in black-and-white,
with Kevin McCarthy and Beverly Garland.
Like so many movies of the era,
its about strange occurrences in a small town:
People are changing. They dont seem themselves.
They are devoid of emotion. As it turns out,
aliens are planting seed pods, where homunculi grow,
legume humans in a milky juice,
beings that take over when you go to sleep,
assuming your consciousness, not your emotions,
their plan, as always, to take over the world.
And, in the end, the only man left, the town doctor,
knows this horrible secret. Hes standing
in the middle of the road as cars whiz by,
and hes screaming like a paranoid,
You fools! Cant you see?
Theyre everywhere! Youre next!
Its a scary thing to have your identity stolen.
And its happening today,
only with computers, not seed pods.
And youre next. 05/29/2004 Posted on 05/29/2004
Copyright © 2024 Bruce W Niedt
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 06/01/04 at 04:47 PM Mmmooohahaha...you mean you're next Mr. Niedt. I'm already one of them. Kidding aside, yes great movie. I enjoyed the remake with Donald Sutherland even more. Some great flicks came out of that Cold War paranoia. :o) |
| Posted by Rula Shin on 06/01/04 at 09:42 PM Ah yes I too liked the remake with Donald Sutherland, that version ruled! *chills up spine* And in the end there was no escape was there? And the man who knows and warns has not a leg to stand on amidst the turning of tides...the 'change'...and though the Internet facilitates such identity crisis, I still feel that we ourselves are searching out mediums through which to escape from ourselves, distorting our own identities for the sake of avoidance...the technology enables us to easily look away from our own faces...and even though I agree with James that the 'narrative devices employed' were not so captivating I must admit the subject did indeed have me hooked! :-) |
| Posted by Mary Ellen Smith on 06/20/04 at 03:04 PM Yep...great cult movie...scary. And now we will all be afraid to go to sleep.... |
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