Friday, May 16, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #1066 Collins St

 


On Collins way, in shadowed hour,
Came forth a wight in mask of black,
His satchel swayed with silent power,
No kin he hailed, nor turned him back.

A dame drew nigh, in lenses broad,
Like sun-craft glass from days gone pale,
Her visage still, her step unflawed,
She passed as ghost over stony trail.

By roadside bare, the chairs lay strewn—
Cold-forged seats of iron pride;
No soul did claim, nor mark their rune,
Abandoned there, where time doth bide.

So wandered they, beneath sun’s dim light,
Strangers twain in city’s breath,
Each bearing tales veiled from sight,
In silence brushed by life and death.

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26 comments:

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    1. Some of the junior docs I know wear masks in social settings

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  2. Black mask and white shirt. And the woman was wearing unusual glasses.

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  3. Remembering the times of the COVID pandemic.
    People seem surprised!

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  4. When people wear masks I never know if they are protecting themselves from disease, or if they have a disease they don't want to spread. The mask is riveting.

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  5. Un fotografía que parece de hace unos pocos años. La pandemia nos hacía llevar mascarillas a todos. Una composición bien equilibrada.

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    1. There are still a fair few that wear masks nowadays

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  6. I never leave my house without a mask. There are quite a few people in my town who still wear masks. I wore one in the winter long before covid. With all of that said, I do like this photo and the fact that he is wearing a mask. Thank you for joining FFO and have a very nice weekend.

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  7. Nice -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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  8. Everyone protects what they consider more valuable.

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  9. No many people wearing masks these days. A few older people. Interesting shot, that woman looks kinda bossy to me!

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  10. Great candid and eerie verse to go along! Lovely!

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  11. A hauntingly beautiful piece — it captures the quiet ache of solitude and the unseen weight we all carry.

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  12. I like her glasses or are they 3 d glasses cos that's what they look like

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  13. An interesting, and accurate, shot of society in today's world. Thank you for linking up.

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