Snapshot Dating
Snapshot Dating
The right place
The right time
Again the day begins with
Faint sunshine
Over the sleepy villagers
Gathered in cities like stooks of corn
Stacked against the rainy form of
Another stormy morning
The black & white snapshot
Might tell a better story of
Grandfather sitting silently
On hay
Perfectly posed
in a quiet repose
He’s said nothing since his funeral
That Saturday
In town
The young boys gathered round
The Model T with the flat tire
It’s easier than replacing horseshoes
Said the young liar among them
Lighting a smoke they went about
The work before them
Greasing their fingernails in the
Futures of Oil Barons
The someday of overcoming fears
Has come and gone
The guides have taken the supplies
And gone their way
There is still plenty for the taking
As is love for the making of
The generations yet to come
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