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[notesfromthequotidian]

Love Songs

( poem and photo by Rodney DeCroo)

A middle aged man and woman

at the table next to me in the cafe

were talking about love songs,

as she sipped unsweetened tea

and he nibbled at his gluten free muffin.

How they couldn't stand listening

to them. How they promoted

co-dependency and unrealistic expectations.

How they were the mother of all cliches.

How they failed to appreciate mature love

like eating breakfast together in silence,

paying the bills and raising children.

How like love itself they were nature's

way of tricking us into reproducing

the species. How they were ridiculous

like young lovers staring idiotically

into each other's eyes over candelit

dinners as the food goes cold

or gnawing each other's faces

at street corners and train stations.

As I listened I pretended to read

the owner's manual for my new camera

between sips of black coffee.

And talking about cliches, what's

with old men and photography?

Why do we wander the streets

taking photos of strangers

as they perform day to day tasks

like catching the bus to work

or buying tomatoes at the market?

What are we looking for as we

as we spend our nights staring

at digitized faces while we crop and edit?

I wouldn't have had time for this

when I was young. I was too busy

staring into her eyes

and singing love songs.

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Rodney DeCroo

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Street Photography

East Hastings, Vancouver / Rodney DeCroo

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Street Photography / Commercial Drive, East Vancouver.

Rodney DeCroo

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Street Photography / East Vancouver

Rodney DeCroo

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Street Photograpy / Commercial Drive, East Van.

Rodney DeCroo

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Street Photography, East Vancouver.

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Street Photography / Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Rodney DeCroo