"You should always get popcorn,"

I remember my mom saying,

"when you're at the movies."

"Why?"

"It makes the movie better."

My mom, in many ways was a wise woman.

Yeah, okay, so she had her days

when green eyes would blaze

with the anger of a thousand suns.

But, her life was too short, a spray can

sputtering out, empty of paint.

It's not like I was a saint,

so we clashed terribly.

I miss her.

I should have listened to her

and gotten the popcorn.