Originally posted 12/16/2009.
No one photographs him
more than once
after they realize
that the only pictures
that show him happy
show him onstage.
All other images
make him look like
a pillar of salt.
Apparently, to fake
confidence in the future
he requires an audience.
What’s his motivation?
He gave up everything
to gain a spotlight. But
that smile you see up there
is genuine, if fleeting.
Stick with that.
Next time, use no flash.
Catch him standing there
in his natural setting:
darkness all around,
pretending like mad
that light is the Sun.