How to center the chorus in your home movies

You’ll need (to understand)

the chorus. The chorus

usually lives

in the shadows,

in the background.

Singing. Singing, singing.

Supporting

the resonant moment

of your protagonist.

Do not forget

these others

because remember

they layer complexity

to the narrative.

They add body.

Follow the music,

the sound of the tongue.

Their mouths are metal

instruments in alignment.

They create Time by

standing & singing,

singing singing singing.

Find the pregnant person,

find the belly. Find the generations

already present, singing,

healing the subtle

disturbances captured on-screen.

Turn round &

round in the room.

You may not see them

but they’re there. Always.

Like rememory but

before it happens.

Turn round & round

& round until a glow

descends from above.

Realize you are in the womb.

Reach out & touch

your siblings,

your children, your cousins,

your ancestors scheduled for rebirth.

Be ready.

You’ll start

to sing & sing & sing

right along with them.

You know the melody

by blood alone.

The camera holder

needs to be held too.

We all know. You,

the family archivist,

the Time capsule,

the memory keeper,

the myth maker making images.

There has always been

so so many more than one

star in the sky.

The chorus lives

at the origin of the origin

& at the end of the end

when everybody is dead.

Lay down, sleep with the camera.

Weep with the camera. Sing.