Squared off.
Mountains can be:
Squeezed, boxed
Framed, inside a
Viewfinder-
All the sheer
faces told to
Smile! Wider!
Cheese! Hold,
the pose...
released!
breathing out
relaxing cheeks.
Until fat,
Swarms of booted
Fur-lined,
Padded, swaddled, suited,
Tripod-waving
things arrive.
Another lot
ascending tops
probing for the
perfect shot
and make those mountains
Stand Up! Straight!
Pull in boulders
turning shoulders
shuffle closer
peaks together!
until the shutter...
lets them stoop,
slide and droop
while they wait.
The next
busload descends,
hell-leather-bent on
showing friends
on flickr
mountains that can pose
and look to camera,
work their angles...
Even though we know
mountains are not,
naturally
picture perfect
in every shot.
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