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Richard Partridge
Mar 6, 2023
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Time is capricious,
irregular and mischievous,
keeping itself amused by
misleading our perceptions.

Consider: You have plenty of time,
then suddenly none at all.
You are almost done, complete,
when the seconds arrest and slow.

But we can cheat time,
stay awake late into the night.
Play it at its own game,
slow the approach of light.

Or distract ourselves
with some menial task
that makes the hours
rush past in a flash.

Seems the only thing
we can’t seem to do
is to live in the present,
enjoying each second anew.

Shot in London in 2009 with a Yashica Mat 124G


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