Triple Feature

Innocent decision: to enjoy.
And the pathos
of hopefulness, of his solicitude:
-he in mended serape,
she having plaited carefully
magenta ribbons into her hair,
the baby a round half-hidden shape
slung in her rebozo, and the young son steadfastly
gripping a fold of her skirt,
pale and severe under a handed-down sombrero -
all regarding
the stills with full attention, preparing
to pay ad go in-
to worlds of shadow-violence, half-
familiar, warm with popcorn, icy
with strange motives, barbarous splendors!