Thinking of Films and Plays

I know a work of Dumas;

I have seen the 1998 film too.

Vicomte de Bragelonne on the

Screen. Five actors, and an actress too.

I have read Eugene O’Neill:

A Moon for the Misbegotten.

Three solid hours mean solid thrill,

Not of action, but thoughts of men.

I reflect on those things now, for

Each, I realize, is a mirror.

As I read and watched, “I hear you,

I said, “I was [or am] in your shoes too.”

Now, I watch the captain of soldiers, and I nod.

Then, I see the Broadway actor, and I nod.

The nod is with understanding, for I too,

Wear what they’ve worn—it’s true.