David Banks Sonnet 22.05.17 why when scanning old slides some features fade cloudlike creating faint watercolor washes scant outlines of sometime experiences paling to the scarcely recognizable pictures forever framed fixed but sliding slowly towards total whiteout when others whip back bouncing forward with frenzied clarity to squat squarely in full view flaunting vitality and fresh youthfulness years since squandered or simply slipped silently away to the faint silhouette of a washed-out slide
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