Waiting Place, Fracture 2007

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A piece of brilliant acting by #AnthonyHopkins in this movie: #Fracture (2007)

During the course of the movie, Willy (#RyanGosling) reads out a poem at Jennifer’s (#EmbethDavidtz) bedside when she is in a coma from the gunshot to her head. It’s from "Oh, the Places You’ll Go!" (1990) by American children’s book author #TheodorSeussGeisel, popularly known as #DrSeuss. In it, #Seuss writes about the ‘waiting place.’ Rather intriguing, I think:

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

“Do you dare stay out?
Do you dare go in?
And IF you go in –
Should you turn left or right?
Or right and three-quarters?
Or maybe not quite.
You can get so confused that you’ll start in to race,
Down long wiggled roads at break- necking pace
And grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
Headed I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place…
For people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
Or a bus to come, or a plane to go
Or the mail to come, or the rain to go
Or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
Or waiting around for a Yes or No
Or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
Or waiting for wind to fly a kite
Or waiting around for Friday night
Or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake
Or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
Or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
Or a wig with curls…
Or Another Chance.”