Perfect moment Lawrence.
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From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:50:03 +0100
Subject: Snap 1 June 05
Snap 1 June 05
A grabshot from far back on a bendy bus, two or three vehicles back from a
main road. Because of all the people outside of and travelling in the bus,
and all of the adverts on the windows of the bus; and with all of the
reflections in what glass there is left clear, it is difficult to see
clearly or in anything like its entirety much that is outside.
Ahead of us, a small pushy bunch of a queue is beginning to congeal on the
pavement to our right: people waiting to cross the road we are using.
Perhaps three layers back, there is a woman holding a female child by the
hand.
Her expression is indecisive, inquiring and cautious; and perhaps worried.
One assumes it will resolve itself when she has somewhere permanent to stand
or is able, finally, to cross the road.
But there is also an emptiness in her face which is greater than the
neutrality sometimes called a blank stare.
She havers between the apparent emotions, especially caution and inquiry;
and there is something else which I find poignant and tentatively
attractive, discernible only by its effect, like a breeze, or a lie told out
of general hearing.
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