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Here's me in 1981 |
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Squinting into a sinking sun |
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Ankle-deep in the Pacific |
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In the foreground are my friends |
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Grinning madly at the lens |
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They look heliolithic |
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Again in 1993 |
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A Polaroid you took of me |
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In a long-forgotten loungeroom |
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A hand outstretched before my face |
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The nervous smile, the downcast gaze |
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I didn't know myself around you |
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You seem surprised |
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And I see why: |
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You just realised I'm camera shy |
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So if it's not too much to ask |
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Let's just let the moment pass |
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I have no wish to be reminded |
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Of just how awkward I can be |
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Please don't point that thing at me |
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Your eyes are widening behind it |
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You seem surprised |
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And I see why: |
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You just realised I'm camera shy |
