I believe the book is always better than the movie  
but the movie is still pretty damn good. 

I believe Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang would beat  
James Bond’s Aston Martin in a race hands down. 

I believe Rhett Butler really did give a damn  
but there’s only so much a man can take. 

I believe in the collective gasp  
when Dorothy’s black and white world shifts to Technicolor, 

I believe Lassie and Rin Tin Tin would have created a 
magnificent litter of superhero puppies.  

I believe in the soaring soundtracks and sweeping vistas of Westerns 
but I always root for the Indians, 

And I believe Lauren Bacall’s husky voice oozed more sex 
than all fifty shades of grey combined.    

Gloria Heffernan is the author of Exploring Poetry of Presence (Back Porch Productions) winner of the CNY Book Award for Nonfiction, and the poetry collection, What the Gratitude List Said to the Bucket List, (New York Quarterly Books). She has written three chapblooks including Peregrinatio: Poems for Antarctica, forthcoming from Kelsay Books.