Cut

Rewind, play back. Unlike our real lives,
the movie can be analyzed, digested,
and even be remade. The plot survives,
now audience rebalanced and retested.

Rewind, play back. No good? Redo the take.
The movie struggles to achieve perfection,
but then again it knows just what's at stake,
while you are flailing, searching for direction.

If only you could script your real life,
predictable in all the ways that matter,
as witty as a newly sharpened knife
that guts the kill without stain or splatter.

And then, whether attacking or attacked,
you'd always know the right way to react.