Evil exists
Uploaded: September 03, 2003
(composite 4 photos) *see comment for poem*
Matthew Roybal September 03, 2003
I found out today evil exists in the focal plane between my lens, my desire to capture it, and the real world.Liquified, demystified, in the dead car lies a dead future.
The bullet that pierced the neck knew its existance as a tool of void,
Void's brother's loss having been lost only moments ago.
My marquee selects only the emotional layer I choose to select,
And not the moment of hate it's ordered by me to inquire.
The camera shutter shows no concern and the evil is allowed to exist,
By me?
Or by a mechanical mechanism?
Wear a mask and hide your deepening regret that breeds more regret,
And then as if regrets family commits incest,
The child of which becomes my burden,
Then and to this day still carried.
Standing there sullen and cold the machine kept singing click...
Click...
When evil looked at me I flinched,
But I refused to look away and,
Only brushed up against its more forgiving side.
While I stood there in shock,
The moment we shared stood up and left.
Fuck you,...
I said it as it walked by.
And evil smiled.... #56729
Colleen Braun September 03, 2003
does the poem relate to the photo? #186741Matthew Roybal September 03, 2003
While I was building this composite in Photoshop I was building this poem in my mind, so yes it does. The center image is of an atempted murder scene, where the occupant was shot in the neck while he was driving, fortunantly he survived. You have to expereince a crime scene to understand the surrealness of it. I guess I was trying to put it in some sort of perspective. Ugly, bizzare, tragic, powerful, yet strangely inviting and guilty all wrapped up into one emotion or feeling. Im not very good at writing or spelling but I give it a go from time to time..... #186755Joey Adam Kulkin September 03, 2003
intense, both the images combined, and your words of power. matthew, i'm really liking how you have matured as an artist.....remember that poem I wrote long ago,, the one I wanted turned into a song?de aqui new mejico
what is that in my neck
aqui en new mejico
roswell new mejico
where everyday you better check
your life
'cuz the gangs'll wreck
they'll cap you straight in the neck
duck cover and hit the deck
aqui en new mejico
roswell new mejico
how long before I go
how long before I blow
de aqui
new mejico
roswell new mejico
forget about what you read
'bout aliens and ufo's
aqui en new mejico
roswell new mejico
life's more alien than that
cap cap
a-ratta-tat-tat
stop for some beer and a pack of smokes
cross lines with southsider blokes
aqui en new mejico
roswell new mejico
don't cross lines with southsider blokes
who hang with southsider folks
aqui en new mejico
roswell new mejico
en los autos they hunt you down
porque es un gun-toting town
aqui en new mejico
roswell new mejico
they cap you and laugh like a clown
any side of town
aqui en new mejico
roswell new mejico
what is that one my neck
aqui en new mejico
roswell new mejico
they capped me in the neck
too late to hit the deck
i'm dying
but what the heck
i'm dying in new mejico
roswell new mejico
so this is how I will go
so this is how I will blow
de aqui
new mejico
roswell new mejico
de aqui
new mejico
roswell new mejico
de aqui
new mejico
roswell new mejico
#186762
Matthew Roybal September 03, 2003
LOL, yes I remember that one Joey, how could I forget. Though chucky might be interested in singing it. Hes like a musician didnt you know? It was a long time ago. How are you doing in Vermont? how's the sports beat? #186784Gabriela Cunha September 04, 2003
hi Mathew! don't know how much you matured as an artist, cause I haven't met you before. whatyou I can say is that your image and words are very powerful indeed! and you say you are not very good at writing!?!?Joey Adam Kulkin September 04, 2003
Matthew, I am doing good. I live right on the border of the Connecticut River, which splits Vermont and New Hampshire. The "Upper Valley" as it's called is very good, great area, beautiful in nature. Allows for great photo-ops. Fall is here and so it's raining a lot and the foliage is changing colors. Chucky's a musician, huh? LOL. That's fresh, hip. Does he sing at the pubs with his bros? Anyway, keep the combo of photos/poetry alive and flourishing. It's a real talent you have. I want to see a poem based on the photo you took of "top hat" the one you posted here a few weeks ago. That was a great shot! #187482Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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