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Thursday, September 2, 2010


Allow me to paint a picture for you. A boy celebrates 10 years on this planet. All seems good, family, fun, and food. The cake is even shaped like a baseball cap, what more could a boy ask for. This can all be seen in a glance, but I'll ask you to do more than that, because glances can be deceiving. Look at the girl to left obviously that grin is forced, eyes wide looking slightly to the left, something is going on here. Then let your eyes track naturally to the right and fix on the one looking at the cake expectantly. You're thinking "well of course who doesn't want cake?" but I didn't say hungrily, that look conveys expectation of impending events. Now track up, if you only give her a cursory glance its a simple smile for the camera, but nay let your eyes focus on her for more than a second and you begin to notice the sinister gleam in her eye, head angled down, eyes narrowed, and a grin that's just a bit to big. However, the real give away is in the one you would never consider because of her general adorableness. The youngest puts her finger to her nose as the picture is being snapped. What you don't see so you couldn't know is the seconds following the moment this 35mm celluloid strip captured. For moments after the flash blinded me the candles were blown out and my world sped forward and down, the cake growing, and the realization that 4 pairs of hands were forcing me down. The last thing I was aware of was darkness.... and frosting... but mostly darkness.

1 comments:

Ashley said...

Lies. Dirty Lies.

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