A subject needn't be grand to grip.
I sensed drama with these figures.
I snapped the scene in a second, and didn't touch a thing.
When I got home, the picture revealed itself in stages.
Details I'd not noticed came to the fore.
I love the glimpses of picket, porch, and front door: touchstones of home.
The letterbox label is a riot. Who made it, and why?
Finally, the distant figure suggests we're seeing just a small part of a larger picture.
Who knows what battles go on behind the blinds?
[First published 10 June 2010 on Now Look Here.]