Not a poem, but a point: The Point

 Have vaguest hint of recollection of seeing The Point TV movie when I was too young to remember, like just entering toddler stage is my guess. Saw it again as adult. It is charming and, pun or not, makes a valuable point. The record is delightful and makes for a fine twofer with Skidoo along with some excellent bonus tracks, including, speaking of TV songs, Girlfriend which Nilsson adapted into Best Friend famously used as theme for a family sitcom. Ages ago, someone then nearest and dearest to me, who had an avid interest in film, listened to this album with me. She wasn't much for sitting down and attentively experiencing a record start to finish, but she'd joined me in such an endeavor perhaps once or twice and we'd appreciate those rare occasions. We had recently stopped in a record store; they had a near minty copy of just about every Nilsson LP, cheap, and I, owning probably nothing of his on vinyl but maybe a rough condition Nilsson Schmilsson, happily bought them all. The cashier and perhaps proprietor could see we were pleased with this and, wanting to join in on the fun, placed them all into a cardboard shipping carton, gleefully took out one of those giant chisel tip permanent markers, and across the side of the box wrote

Box O' Nillson

in large cheerful letters. Disinclined to dim the joy, we did not point out his spelling error. Later, back at home, The Point, with its cute needlepoint cover and illustrated booklet, stood out and she wanted to give it a spin. It received her full attention as we throughly enjoyed the album. When side two ended, she said something like — this would make a great children's movie! I think shortly after that is when I finally watched it as an adult, once we could find a copy. and now the point; the needlepoint, that is…