reflections
Time to say Goodnight Old habits die hard We have wishes That in the morning vanish But during the night while we are fast asleep They wander and they prosper As seen in some London window dressing But who wishes joy nowadays ? Ambitions get downsized Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery
Looking at the windows of the surviving shops More than just a reflection I see a premonition The impending umpteen wave and collateral lockdown And I wonder what would happen if we replaced the PCR by an IQ test Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
The nightly wanderings at the threshold of reality The window dressings offer their reflection Of the new self you would like to be Or is it the irresistible social media pressure To mingle with group you have been assigned to Controlled and organized diversity Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery
Just before dawn when the sky turns purple The cold mists of a yawning day spill into colors As beauty made by nature overwhelms the city From Lambeth Bridge Westminster at the East And the shard sinking its dagger into the sky While Vauxhall on the West catches fire Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes […]
If you can’t read her lips You may have to learn reading The message is not irrelevant It is about your impending doom You may be a billionaire But you chose the wrong career Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery
This more than a writing on the wall And we need no necromancer to tell That as soon as we are born our fate is sealed But in the fantasy of woke and virtual worlds Sophism of science is the art of immortality Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery
Wanderings around London and suburbia Some places seem to be out of time’s reach Park View Dinos hairdressing for men Jurassic park haircut for all extinct species Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery
Wandering aimlessly into a sleepless world Agitated insomnia at the times of compulsory masks Everyday Carnival with minimalist pleasures The social distance with ourselves we have to obey Or else Santa will bring out the whips… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery
Wanderings through London on a rainy night Hours seem endless as the water seeps into your coat And your shoes follow you scooping the streets Signing in the rain can wait for an other day or night As we cope with a cold and wet hell But why complain if is what we were looking […]
Walking in the streets camera in hand Getting inebriated on the colors and light Flashing reflections in the windows Giant city aquariums with gentle fish The air becomes thin sending you into a spin The famous bends of the deep great blue… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery