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Collaboration
by Michael Romani

Sitting for the portrait photo
Is too often a case of touch and go
The best are a sort of collaboration
Where each feels a mutual fascination

Thirty seconds within each frame
Draws out the person behind the name
And though it may seem a little lame
There is so much more to another than fame

Personality served up on a plate
In a close up of the mask each impersonates
There in that moment of simple fate
Is the one chance to see what resonates

The pose is a momentary brief encounter
At times admirer and in turn confronter
As each mover and shaker is revealed
The power in their eyes is quietly unveiled

(c) June 27, 2017  Michael Romani
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