Martin squinted through the camera, checking the auto focus and framing, even through it was all futile. There wasn’t a single bird to be seen on the lake today. Not one. A couple hundred years ago there would have been thousands of ducks on their annual migration. Imagine it! The grace, freedom, and flurry of wings all around. When Martin tried to imagine it, he always thought of a puzzle with half the pieces gone. No big picture. He took out the next framed photo in the series and attached it to the display – fake birds in place of real. Would anyone get it? Even the city council that had authorized his project didn’t seem to understand.
The Hub: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Photo credit: The Reclining Gentleman
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