Ben Magro: ‘Life lines’
Life lines
she took my hands in hers
fell silent as she saw
my lifelines
bisected as they are
by irrevocable fate
I said
i know don't worry
it will be suddden death for me
I am ready
better than surfing on a bedpan
years ago
a seer had the same shock
on seeing the lines in my hands
like the bones thrown on the deck
that fortold the mutiny
that was when I was freed
whirling end over end
not worring any more
if i was on the right road
or the wrong road
a mahatma showed me
if one is sincere
and seeking
the truth
there is no wrong road
Benjamin Magro is a working Maine photographer/writer. Born in Ohio in 1952, he moved to Maine in the early 1970s and began working as a photographer at a weekly local newspaper.
Since that time he has worked for many clients and publications while operating a studio, first in Camden and later in Belfast. His photographs have been published in state and national publications, including The Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times Sunday supplement, Horticulture, Yankee, National Geographic Traveler and Down East magazine. In addition to editorial assignments, Ben produces commercial photographs for clients throughout Maine and New England.
He currently lives in Appleton and is working on various editorial and commercial assignments.
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