Proof

I wrote this in the summer for a competition. After reading it my sister laughed and called me 'Katie 'bitter much' Hogan'. Can't help it if I dislike cliche films.

Cliché

He drops to his knees, holds out the ring

Looks into her eyes, the piano plays

She has tears in her eyes and joy in her smile

And quietly she replies, just simply ‘Yes’

It’s a moment so special, delightful and fine

And yet it feels quite dull, almost practiced

Even though someone’s obviously forgotten a line

It’s too sentimental,

It’s slightly grotesque

It’s literally a cliché

No hope in the characters

Being that slightest bit diverse

She’s too poor; he’s far too rich

She’s a lady and he’s a tramp

He’s from the south; she’s from the north

She is beauty and he is the beast

But a change in location, period and dress

There in some variety in these films at least

From exposition to climax

From ‘meet point’ to break up

To the picturesque final scene

Where everything is perfect

No jokes, no laughs maybe just a smile

But we’ve finally come to the end of this god-awful mile

Yes it’s romantic and maybe comedy

But in just a month, one week, two days

Love has unrealistically conquered all in a

A genre overused, over played, over done

A script so weak and a crew so strong

And a cast so beautiful that they are

Entirely wrong

It’s shame that it’s all just a cliché