A Light in the Window

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Untitled 1536: photo by Todd Hido, 1996 (Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery for Contemporary Photography, Cologne)

The singer lit his purest
candle and placed it in
the window of the fleeting
house. But how unkind
the night wind blew
that flickering candle
out. How insecure

a teetering bridge
over a vale of
tears for fears
the recursive
mentation, the missed
moment all
through the regressive
progress
the impurities and so
once more

The singer lit his purest
candle and placed it in
the window of the fleeting
house.

Untitled 2910: photo by Todd Hido, 2001 (Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery for Contemporary Photography, Cologne)

Untitled 1975-a: photo by Todd Hido, 1996 (Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery for Contemporary Photography, Cologne)