Hey, quick,

take a snapshot, a pic

of the photographer

taking photographs ~

pretty neat!

And so here I sit

some 35 years later

in my comfortable house

in my rocking chair with

the cushioned seat

I can hear the shutter click

I can hear the minutes tick

I can hear the background noise;

can see the weariness

in the eyes of the boys ~~

Hey, bro, take the photographer's pic

Better make it really quick

before we have to go ~

[Why does the taking of the picture

 seem so slow?]

What's the name of this place?

 Dak To.

As if suspended in all of time

beyond all reason and beyond all rhyme

he stands up and braces for the shot ~

closes one eye, clicks, likes what he's got....

he'll send it off for the newspaper at 5:00

somebody's mother will see her boy  (he's alive) -

I wonder about the boy who had the photographer

 within the camera's site ~

I wonder where he is.

And after Dak To

 was he still all right?