OR AS IF
Something’s gone wrong
in the developing.
The photograph shows us
(solid as could be)
being taken in by the camera.
But it also overlaps
a ghostly you & me
(from another photo) .
We fade in & out
of ourselves
(who remain totally unfazed staring at the camera) .
It’s as if we’re Star Trek
& have just beamed down or up
unsuccessfully) .
We beam at the camera
capturing our souls
(always thought I was missing a molecule or two) .
Or as if we’ve invented a time machine
& have gone to visit ourselves in the past
& it’s all gone
horribly wrong.
Or as if we’ve been dead for years & years
staring at the camera(captured sunlight)
and we’re some poor old ghosts visiting us
and smiling at an invisible
dicky bird.