It keeps turning I guess
kinetoscope
or a celluloid reel 
or a magnetic tape cassette 
pinned to a motor 
whirring and clicking 
on and on and on and on
unbroken unchanging 
and to stop would be
catastrophe
half  ice age that never melts away
while the other half bakes
in the nuclear heat of the sun
and I guess what is the lesser
of the horrors to face
as the show goes on
in its wretched way
or eventually that
the movie finally