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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
He had celery-green eyes.

He had celery-green eyes.

It’s easy to let that happen.

It’s easy to let that happen.

Everything dissolves like sugar in water.

Everything dissolves like sugar in water.

Where has she gone and what has she become?

Where has she gone and what has she become?

She closes her eyes.

She closes her eyes.

From inside the box, she screams.

From inside the box, she screams.

I thought maybe it was him.

I thought maybe it was him.

Was that too much?

Was that too much?

I might know something.

I might know something.

Everything is far from here.

Everything is far from here.

What if memory fails?

What if memory fails?

Flyers taped to the painted cinder-block walls.

Flyers taped to the painted cinder-block walls.

She begins to laugh.

She begins to laugh.

She wants to believe that’s true.

She wants to believe that’s true.

She has arrived, at least.

She has arrived, at least.

We’ll sleep, I said again.

We’ll sleep, I said again.

The same song was still playing.

The same song was still playing.

I need to slow down.

I need to slow down.

I was as happy in that moment as I had ever been.

I was as happy in that moment as I had ever been.

It was terrible wine but it didn’t matter.

It was terrible wine but it didn’t matter.

We were on a narrow street in the city center.

We were on a narrow street in the city center.

I just want to remember this forever.

I just want to remember this forever.

Keep going. And watch your step.

Keep going. And watch your step.

Terrible, in fact.

Terrible, in fact.

A hard wind was blowing.

A hard wind was blowing.

She smiled nervously and made no reply.

She smiled nervously and made no reply.

Okay, you had your chance.

Okay, you had your chance.

Tell me what you think it means.

Tell me what you think it means.

I might not have noticed.

I might not have noticed.

I guess it’s true what they say, that no person is an island.

I guess it’s true what they say, that no person is an island.

Life goes on, and so do you.

Life goes on, and so do you.

Much of this makes us happy.

Much of this makes us happy.

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