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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. Henri Cartier-Bresson
This was how it would go.

This was how it would go.

But now it had happened again.

But now it had happened again.

They should just wait and see, the doctor said.

They should just wait and see, the doctor said.

Maybe he just has nothing to say.

Maybe he just has nothing to say.

He disappears into the long black line.

He disappears into the long black line.

They stood in little groups.

They stood in little groups.

Everyone agreed that it was beautiful.

Everyone agreed that it was beautiful.

Don’t look at me.

Don’t look at me.

The air was cold and heavy with moisture.

The air was cold and heavy with moisture.

I don’t want to talk.

I don’t want to talk.

That is one way to think of it.

That is one way to think of it.

Your shadow has arrived.

Your shadow has arrived.

You tried to be smart, didn’t you?

You tried to be smart, didn’t you?

Nobody said anything.

Nobody said anything.

You are innocent.

You are innocent.

Or are we near-strangers, just assuming and pretending?

Or are we near-strangers, just assuming and pretending?

Do we understand each other?

Do we understand each other?

Learn to love the numbness.

Learn to love the numbness.

There are versions of happiness.

There are versions of happiness.

He shook his head and let go.

He shook his head and let go.

It happened so quickly, and took forever.

It happened so quickly, and took forever.

Because recklessness is the only fist to throw at nothingness.

Because recklessness is the only fist to throw at nothingness.

Because one is young only once in a life lived only once.

Because one is young only once in a life lived only once.

They were awake, but it was a dream.

They were awake, but it was a dream.

They avoided fights but sought arguments.

They avoided fights but sought arguments.

So what do you think they should do?

So what do you think they should do?

So how does it feel over there?

So how does it feel over there?

Things are going well.

Things are going well.

That’s also what everyone else says.

That’s also what everyone else says.

You make your own luck. That’s what I say.

You make your own luck. That’s what I say.

I don’t believe in luck.

I don’t believe in luck.

What are we to believe?

What are we to believe?

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