She has become a moment-antiquarian; because some moments wriggled her dreaded eyes, held her breath, and vanished before she could reach the apotheosis of astonishment.
Now she fills her memorabilia with portraits of fugitive time.
Sometimes every second deserves a second chance!
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Inspired by Yeah Write #161: “Is something crawling on me?”
A Journey Called Life ... 
30 responses to “Story Of The Shutterbug”
Ooh, this is my sort of microprose (is that a word?). Nice. Look forward to reading more.
Microprose sounds better than flash-fiction. 🙂 I love how we can express so much within word limits! Thank you for the visit, Paul. 🙂 Hope to see you here again! 🙂
love!
Thank you, Jen.:)
‘portraits of fugitive time’ – lovely!
Thank you, Kymm, for reading and loving the phrase! 🙂
“moment-antiquarian” We all need to be this! Such a stark piece. One of my favorites this week.
That made my day, Renada! The only bug I love is a shutterbug – those moment antiquarians who gives a second a second chance! 🙂 Thank you for the visit and your words. 🙂
Wonderfully realised, Archita.
Thank you, Jo-Anne, for the visit. 🙂 It’s wonderful to see you here:)
That last line is so good!
That is my favorite too! Thank you for stopping by!:)
I love “portraits of fugitive time!”
So glad to know you loved that. Thank you for your comment. 🙂
I love old photos. Its hard to think the photo taken today will be a glimpse into the past one day. Good write.
You are so right! It’s really hard to accept that fact. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by and leaving beautiful words for me. 🙂
the last line is just so good, Archita! Great, great take.
Thank you, TIZ! When I read the prompt I remembered every living thing that crawls. Bizarre, I must say!
Love the photo and your take on the prompt.
Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your words.
Beautifully done!
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Thank you, Mridubala. I will check your take on the prompt. 🙂
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Wow-what rich imagery!”Portraits of fugitive time”-indeed!Loved every bit of this Archita-mone hocche ebaro tumi jitbe 🙂
Thank you, Atreyee! Thinking about things that crawl inspired me enough to escape the prompt! But then there are those shutterbugs who deserved some attention, words and love! So happy to find you here. 🙂
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Wow! Wow! Wow! I admit every word, every sentence is fantastic. But that last line is so brilliant!
Thank you, Ree! I’m forever grateful to those deserving split-seconds!
Brilliant take and awesome photo, Archita:)
Thank you, Vishal. So glad to read your comment! 🙂