the point of it, of course -
applauding as the curtains swish
enjoying the credit spool
closing pages with a sigh
or hearing copyright notices -
is that there can be an ending
that's also not an ending
we return home,
those of us lucky to have them,
happy we survived an end
(we'd admit nothing so childish)
hopeful that our own finish
may also be a resolution, of sorts,
to be discussed widely
and remembered
long after we can't
