The Hand In the Future

By Ford, Frank Bernard

        We are composing ourselves
as the photographer composes.
                                Our
being                                                 guided
and                                                 guiding
him

and each solely directing such
                limited chaos making us
                                                      free
in a way                                                     of
the result.

For one certainly can't hand it
to the photographer. The moment
shown over and over must not be

For one certainly can't hand it
to the photographer. The moment
shown over and over must not be

an accident or the prejudice of
        one eye and one waving arm.

But to say
it is us we
were vital-
ly promising

everyone.

everyone.