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easteri'm in the back of the car, sucking my chlorine hair and watching with sleepy eyes out the window. brown dirt is soon ochre and we are nowhere in particular yet. we are going to the atheton tablelands for easter. i fall into a broken sleep on my sister's warm shoulder and when i wake up we are there.

it is nighttime and my cousin is only still a baby and she cries from inside the house (which is really only a very large shed). out of the car the air is like freezer air but fresh and crisp like cold water. my eyes become wide at the rolling of the hills around us, the living green they are, the horse paddocks, the shapely trees. there is a lo
strings of pearls and breathunderwater they are mermaids. patterns of poolwater-caught sunshine dancing in soft-edged white upon their long legs (tails). red hair like ocean fire and fingers ever reaching for the bubbles, like pearls but from out their mouths. darting up between their fingers.

there are places here, beneath here, beneath the sound of their mother yelling at their father and the loud rough of the neighbour’s dog’s bark, where they can breathe. breathe the dead leaves in water whirlpools beneath their feet and breathe the chlorine, leaving eyes red and hair green at the tips. breathe the quiet of their bodies and their imagined underwater world

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poign·ant

1. keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
2. keen or strong in mental appeal: a subject of poignant interest.
3. affecting or moving the emotions: a poignant scene.


those eyes say it all.


i am so sorry i am submitting one of my older photos, but i had this in black & white originally and no one liked it so i deleted it. i care less about what other people think so here it is again. also, i really wanted to submit something and i do not have boo back yet.

i have a watermark, yay! :]
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~AlienaShalynn Aug 30, 2012  Hobbyist
she looks like she could kill someone by looking at them!!
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!JadedIce147 Jun 5, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wonderful, her eyes are so intense!
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~kvaszone Nov 28, 2011  Professional Filmographer
This eyes!
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~greenstarrz May 30, 2010
She looks mature; but stunning nonetheless. I don't see a child though, and there's more "pissed off" than poignancy. Oh, but I still love this :)
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~SiggyStuff Apr 14, 2010
I featured your photo!
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~Neglectedmemories Jan 28, 2010
This her? [link]
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~SereneBeautyPhotos Dec 11, 2009   Photographer
I love how much attention you draw to the eyes in a lot of your pictures. Good job doing that, eyes are so powerful.
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Mood: Wow! ~Mar66ilyn Sep 19, 2009
Wonderful poignant look in those eyes. Draws one back and back to the picture. What talent you have and what a beautiful and interesting sister. Enjoy your talent, family, and life!
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~slapme7times Jul 20, 2009
i'd rape that too.
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~lina13 May 23, 2009
i love this! its so raw and edgy.
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