Persistence of Vision

Frames
within this filmstrip life

depicting
instants clipped from time:

shown
those moments animate

implying
I might press Rewind

reverting

but
there's only Play:

who
you are

your world
today.




Persistence of Vision © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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30 words (prompt limit).  Can't Go Back to Yesterday brevity challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2766550-Quote-Prompt---30-words

Persistence of Vision is a concept this poem taps for its central metaphor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_of_vision
Submitted: November 28, 2020









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