Story Land Park, New Hampshire


He's the camera, I'm the pose. In this photograph I am
happy.
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He's the giant, I'm the bean. In this one, I am climbing.
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One of us wants up, up.
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The other, Don 't make me come down there .
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His the voice like cannons booming down the stalk .
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I, the clouds like smoke, clear.
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An ax.
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I will make this story clear enough .
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He's the angle of the shot as if climbing—I'm chasing
you!—down.
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I'm the pose underneath him-Look guilty, now!
Swing your ax!
You 're angry, son. Angry!
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In which photograph am I happy?
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One of us will break his crown today.
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One of us will live forever.