i have been hoisted out of the Cavern,
	trekked atop a muck cart past The Well,
	roll, roll, rolling along to the Shaft.
	from below i view my ascent, apart,
	as my broken numbed carcass is lifted
	foot-by-foot-by-rung toward the Surface.
	i watch the flickering action,
	a cineaste watching a production
	from a tunneled and shored cinematheque.
	Sylvia lovingly guides my crushed body
	as it nears the portal and she whispers
	"The Choice is yours, dear douglas."
	my response is mute but adamant,
	"i will not leave you, i will live."
	The pain returns as i am lifted
	into the garage, pronounced alive.
	i will return to the tunnels,
	because - i am douglas.

*cineaste (SIN-ee-ast) noun, also cineast; 1. One with deep interest
in movies and moviemaking.  2. A filmmaker, especially a director or
a producer. [From French cinéaste, from ciné- (cinema) + -aste (as in
enthousiaste: enthusiast).]

*cinematheque (sin-uh-muh-TEK) noun;  A small theater showing
experimental, artistic, or classic films. [From French cinémathèque
(film archive), from cinéma + bibliothèque (library).]
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d.
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