Garden of Earthly Delights No. 3

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE:

"Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire:
Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,
They coiled and swam; and every track
Was a flash of golden fire."

PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNAL:

Metamorphosis No. 2 "The Photographer"

Life percolates in places once dead.

A finger clicks the shutter

That freezes the

Shell's cracking,

Web's spinning,

Tunnel's buzzing and

Hopes by freezing to make things thrive?

Wonders if his still animation

Reflects only the narrow casement where

Decay piles high,

Or if it is singed by the genial heat

Of dreams and regrets

And loves and hates burning still in

Some eternal angst.