Tintype c1850s
Portrait of blind man holding a cat
Photo courtesy Tess Kinkaid,Magpie Tales
http://magpietales.blogspot.com/2014/07/mag-227.html
I found a find
In a dusty shop
Among the possessions
Of victims' tears
Someone, somewhere
Lost all they owned
When bailiffs came
Stripping them bare
Here's a photograph
Dark lacquer coated
Pressed on melainotype
Cast into time
I found a find
In a dusty shop
Among the possessions
Of victims' tears
Someone, somewhere
Lost all they owned
When bailiffs came
Stripping them bare
Here's a photograph
Dark lacquer coated
Pressed on melainotype
Cast into time
I thought a thought
Saw in my mind
A bad reproduction
Tom Cruise fake
Barbara M Lake ©
July 2014
Trinidad WI
ha. yes, or johnny depp....lol...
ReplyDeleteso many of those little shops...full of memories...
def wonder at the stories behind them....
Ah! Funny finding!
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed. Pretty much. Those classes, so modern. That cat so wondrously NOT blurred.
ReplyDeleteOops. That would be GLASSES. Bad me.
ReplyDeleteI see the resemblance.
ReplyDeleteGiggle...love the humor at the end...
ReplyDeleteFun write - a VERY bad remake indeed!
ReplyDeleteYes a bit like Tom . . . . wonder who he really was! ~ Eddie
ReplyDeleteGood take on the image Bee. You have hit on a real possibility.
ReplyDeleteexcellent! Nice to have you back in the blogger world! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThanks you everyone. gradually coming back!
ReplyDeleteNice twist. Nice to see you back.
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