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Portraiture of a City

disjointed interconnectivity

By 𝚔𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚕 Published 4 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
Her (2013), dir. Spike Jonze

"Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,

You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me as of a dream,)

I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you,

All is recall'd as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured."

– From To a Stranger, Walt Whitman

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cozy uptown street

busy-bodies flowing

through the bustling

heart of now

every earthling face

ever-revolving minds

filled with divine

purpose on rock

strangers' loud comfort

ninety-nine unknown

kin cosmic violins

tuned to eternity

life circling life

anchor-less starlings

instinctively seeking higher

buzzing hypnotic murmurations

social commentary

About the Creator

𝚔𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚕

𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗– 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜.

♡ 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 ♡

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