‘The sun rises in spite of everything
and the far cities are beautiful and bright.
I lie here in a riot of sunlight
watching the day break and the clouds flying.
Everything is going to be alright. ‘
(Derek Mahon)
**And then Owen said: 'But I'm not a model, I don't know what to do.', and I said: 'Well, that's the whole point', and I took this picture.
(...) 'this very moment, as you read this line,
is literally gone before you know it.
Forget the-here-and-now. We have no time
but this device of wantoness and wit.
Make me this present then: your hand in mine,
and we'll live out our lives in it.'
--- (Michael Donaghy - The Present)