What to Miss When by Leigh Stein

Author:Leigh Stein
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781593766986
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 2021-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

ST. ELMO’S FIRE (1985)

Near the nurses’ station, Emilio Estevez asks

Andie MacDowell, “Do you still like Woody Allen

movies?” and the alarm system you’ve built

inside your body to track cultural offenses

goes off, but you’re safe, Emilio Estevez

isn’t in love with you; he didn’t get a new job

just so he could stalk you in a chauffeured car,

or call the hospital where you work to find out

which ski resort you’re at so he could drive

up there and humiliate himself before a stud

in a Pendleton blanket. What is the tone

of this movie, you might be asking yourself,

as Ally Sheedy’s eyes brim with tears (again)—

the girl never takes off her pearls, not even

for shower sex. St. Elmo’s fire is an electric

phenomenon that tricks sailors into thinking

they have to become Republicans to make

bank, when there are infinite other ways

to sell out. Rob Lowe’s face demonstrates

the inverse relationship between sex appeal

and net worth in this universe—an empath

from a good family doesn’t need a rich boyfriend;

she wants a lost boy, a reckless saxophonist

she can financially support until they negotiate

the terms and conditions of canceling her virginity.

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