domingo, 5 de julho de 2026

Photos of dead trees

 I got the camera out
And I aimed it, what a way to get famous
Get my name out
but there was just brambles

The celebrity was so patient with me
As I fumbled my phone camera
Inverting the selfie
taking a photo of sticks

Of a dead tree
propped up against a mirror
The hardened fossil tongue of a dragon
And I never did get that photo
He had other stuff to do

Just what the identity needs
An excessively full agenda
A calender that fills the mansion wall
Celebrities like that are passing scenery
If you don't click, they just pass

The image as clear as it is
Catches dead sticks and old trees
Abandoned highways
fossilized dragon tongues
burnt out cars

Mirrors and defective cameras
screens hanging from lamposts
lopsidedly exposing parts we'd rather hide
disqualifying us from privilege


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