Paper Ephemera
“Lot of 100 RandomVintage Kodak Found Old Photos Family Snapshots”
in the corners of the internet
I find discarded photos
available
to the highest bidder
singly and in batches
“125 Old Photos Huge Lot BWVintage Photographs Snapshots Antique peoples”
a black-and-white photo of a yawning girl
a yellowed print of children
smiling
in the snow
faded images and scrawled
notes forsaken
when a bloodline ended
or descendants rushing
to escape
unwanted
pieces of themselves
“Lot of 50+ Original Random Found Old PhotosVintage Snapshots black and white”
when I look upon these
kaleidoscopic memories of other
people’s lives
I hope what they represent
lives on somewhere
even if only in
the subconsciousness
of half-forgotten
dreams
“12Vintage Old 193o’s Photo Booth Pictures Pretty Women Woman Girls Hairstyles”
© 2020 by Vincent O’Connor. All rights reserved.
First published in the 2020 issue of Spring Thaw.
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