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# Camera Obscura
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/camera-obscura-16347858/
- Published: 2022-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: when everything's been said, can words suffice can written symbols truly represent can sentences, ambiguous, precise translate the writer's actual intent
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

when everything's been said, can words suffice  
can written symbols truly represent  
can sentences, ambiguous, precise  
translate the writer's actual intent

can brushstrokes capture a reluctant smile  
a warm embrace or murderous designs  
a monarch in his glory, all the while  
reminding you to read between the lines

the artist and their medium, indeed  
the spirits, on occasion, may provide  
a séance doesn't struggle to succeed  
so long as the provider knows who died

the truth is harsh, it slaps you in the face  
a pencil in your hand, the words erase