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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
That was the sound of pain.

That was the sound of pain.

Old songs that sang to the old sadness you always kept as close as skin.

Old songs that sang to the old sadness you always kept as close as skin.

No one wants to talk to the guy cleaning up.

No one wants to talk to the guy cleaning up.

Sadness came in the quiet of the street.

Sadness came in the quiet of the street.

But inside every kind of sound lurked a sadness.

But inside every kind of sound lurked a sadness.

The world was made of sound.

The world was made of sound.

Everything could be drumming.

Everything could be drumming.

You were finding out that everything made a sound.

You were finding out that everything made a sound.

But it is so, so beautiful.

But it is so, so beautiful.

This is a little komisch.

This is a little komisch.

Something to hold on to.

Something to hold on to.

You need something underneath the language.

You need something underneath the language.

They passed like afternoon hours, like breath.

They passed like afternoon hours, like breath.

One never noticed the soothing parts of life.

One never noticed the soothing parts of life.

I don’t even understand me.

I don’t even understand me.

But we have to do something, don’t we?

But we have to do something, don’t we?

It was as if they were moving backward in time.

It was as if they were moving backward in time.

Like a dream that lasted for years.

Like a dream that lasted for years.

He had a full life, a full world.

He had a full life, a full world.

Would she become happy there, given time?

Would she become happy there, given time?

Was she happy in her new place?

Was she happy in her new place?

If only he could float through the window.

If only he could float through the window.

Perhaps it is time for a break.

Perhaps it is time for a break.

I watch the trains.

I watch the trains.

Immediately the atmosphere changed.

Immediately the atmosphere changed.

He had never been really good at appearing relaxed.

He had never been really good at appearing relaxed.

I see we have a few new faces.

I see we have a few new faces.

So let me explain the rules.

So let me explain the rules.

Is this Intermediate German?

Is this Intermediate German?

The lightness returned.

The lightness returned.

Was time playing with him, or was he playing with time?

Was time playing with him, or was he playing with time?

Suddenly his life meant something.

Suddenly his life meant something.

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