Uncomfortably Slow

Taken in Portland Docks on a steamy humid summer day. I didn't stop to say thanks or hello, choosing instead to skulk off.

I hate taking pics of people.

Anyway, the title is a Newton Faulkner song from the truly excellent album Hand Built by Robots. I listen to lyrics and sometimes a photo springs into relevance.

"Travelling again
I know exactly how it's gonna end
The routine day dream starts as I get off
I'm holding up the queue
Because my ticket won't go through
I know it should be simple but it's not

So don't take my photograph
Cos I don't wanna know how it looks
To feel like this
As cars and people pass
It feels like standing still but I know
I'm just moving uncomfortably slow

Something's gotta change
I know i'm lucky in a lot of ways
So why do I want more
Than what I have?
Brace myself to hear the lies
I wonder if they know that I
Don't get the jokes but I just
Need to laugh"

© Newton Faulkner