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Death Portrait
Take the shot whenever
We have forever to wait
Don’t move a muscle
Or bat an eye
So impossible to
The flash captures
A dimmed face of yore
With a painted smile
All dressed up
And nowhere to go
But the most obvious place
It won’t capture the soul
So you can keep it close
All you’ll have is a portrait
Of a lifeless casualty
To hang on your wall
We have forever to wait
Don’t move a muscle
Or bat an eye
So impossible to
The flash captures
A dimmed face of yore
With a painted smile
All dressed up
And nowhere to go
But the most obvious place
It won’t capture the soul
So you can keep it close
All you’ll have is a portrait
Of a lifeless casualty
To hang on your wall
Published 13th Mar 2013
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13th Mar 2013 8:15pm
I dig this,
for several reasons, one being, I just bought a mourning brooch from the Victorian era...still has hair in it and a photo..very creepy this made me think of that..
also this poem is sounds like a bit a of a taunt to whomever the photographer is..
well written piece :)
for several reasons, one being, I just bought a mourning brooch from the Victorian era...still has hair in it and a photo..very creepy this made me think of that..
also this poem is sounds like a bit a of a taunt to whomever the photographer is..
well written piece :)
13th Mar 2013 8:49pm
14th Mar 2013 6:19am
a very interesting poem. going straight to my reading list. thank you.
-Train.
-Train.
14th Mar 2013 11:50pm
