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Allysa 
since 1999-11-09
Posts 1952In an upside-down garden 
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We got yelled at when we tried to wake his younger brother, sleeping in the hotel room, where his mom asked for a window so we could at least have a view of something, preferably the city, though, we got a courtyard full of metal rods and building blocks. We were going for a drive, across a river, maybe? I think we crossed a bridge or maybe it was an overpass I'm not quite sure now And this is the part I haven't told anyone, not even my family, or those who asked me why I didn't take pictures for some reason they were mad because I took pictures at the Audubon Zoo I took pictures on the streets of the Quarter But I couldn't take pictures there . And if you actually saw it, you would understand my discretion, I was paralyzed by the idea that someone would have to come home to see their houses like that, with the watermarks up to where my shoulders would be Most of the buildings, on this side of town were decorated with signs displaying messages warning that looters would be shot, that trespassers would be shot, it was a shoot now ask questions later kind of situation with broken windows and boarded up doors There was a boat in the middle of the road. And some people might find that interesting some people might feel the urge to snap pictures of random houses falling into bodies of water and streetlights bent at a ninety degree angle of impossiblity, but, well You see, these are not models of cities where people do not matter and everything is something created inside of a fanatasy land- these are real people, and those are their homes and you cannot understand the impossibility of this by viewing it through a camera lens You have to see it for yourself, or not at all. And I am not one of those people, and I am sorry to disappoint, but when you ask me to see the pictures that I took, you will see elephants, small children climbing a very large tree, and Jackson Square, which, apparently is uninteresting because it's not what they wanted to experience. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I tried as well, Alyssa. But to me, it was like taking a picture of a corpse in a casket. I know some people do those things--but exhale--I think a little differently about that sort of thing. I didn't take pictures of her ugly, because my love was not "there". Besides, I was getting ill. *hugs* With every write, I find another layer of you that is N'awlins and I have some hope--that maybe, just maybe, if there are enough of us--she isn't dead afterall.  'cause you see? New Orleans was never about the quaint, the quirks, the moldy brick or even the landmarks--she is always been, and will always remain pulsed by the blood of the people who love her. thank you yet again.  |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
very true, I think it is the same reason the media is not allowed to release names of victoms of murder until the family says it is ok/ knows (one oif the two). Maybe also that fine for tailing emergrncy vehicles. gawking is not polite. good write -<>-~-<>-~-<>- |
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Allysa
since 1999-11-09
Posts 1952In an upside-down garden |
Thanks guys. My family is mainly German, but someone married a Polish person, and it is a Polish tradition, apparently, to take pictures of dead people. Which I think is ridiculous. And this Polish family member person tried to take pictures at my grandfather's wake, until someone stopped him. I just remembered that, when you mentioned that ritual, Serenity. |
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Musicmaker1969
since 2000-06-25
Posts 589Peterborough, Ontario Canada |
It must have been a terrible sight to behold. I cannot imagine water in our streets up to my shoulders. God forbid it should ever happen anywhere again. Well written and emotionally moving poem. Bless you, Sheri Adams Jesus lives in my heart! He can in yours too!!! |
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