Friday the 13th

with sauntering, young Kevin Bacon

and Betsy Palmer’s smile

of rectangular white teeth

the first time i’ve seen the film

for horror is not my genre

yet my Writer in the Grove friend

had so much inside information

of how it was made and problems

that occurred during and after

production, including a critic calling

for hate mail for a female star

i could analyze the script’s construction

and effects and give begrudging credit

for the horror, i’ve seen enough

as a physician – i don’t need to add

such repugnance in make-believe