The man who always looks different in pictures. He is a good friend of mine. He is average height and has jet black curly hair. He is very handsome. I have looked at many of his pictures and in one or two, he looks like himself. In other pictures, he is smiling or straight-faced. Sometimes he is flushed from alcohol. In a profile shot, his features look soft and feminine, his expression passive and sweet. There are pictures where he is dancing and his head is thrown back; his mouth agape, trying to gulp at the music I cannot hear. There are pictures where he is surrounded by beautiful women and he simply glows. In other shots he looks bored and is tragic or ugly. But it is not merely a mood or expression that is captured. He defies self and appears so different that at times, there is no shadow of the man I know.
We have no pictures together. There is no evidence to say I am friends with this morphing man. When I look at him in reality I can see his various selves flash in his face and in short, I am afraid. Who is this person and why is he no one?
I have discovered that maybe he is me.
My site has changed!
13 years ago
1 comment:
"Who is this person and why is he no one?"
Hell yes! Nice line. Liked this one the best out of the few I have read so far. A concise play on the ambiguity of identity, of seeing one's self in others and still not making the connection. I always look like shit in pictures, not quite sure why. The Detritivore one is enjoyable too; I am a sucker for nerdy biology stuff, and the often overlooked environment under our feet is a particularly interesting one.And I learned a new word. Wicked.
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