MCCarruthers
Profile
I spent most of my adult life in the military, so I’ve seen a fair bit of the world. There’s always more to see and remember though. That’s why I like taking pictures. I’m a photographic hobbyist, nothing more. I collect vintage cameras and try to use them whenever possible.
Groups
MCCarruthers is a member of NSFW, All About the RPG, Architectural Photography, As Is, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, European Everyday Life (add the place!), Fungilicious, History, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Nautical, Nerds Unite, Panoramas - 3:1 minimum ratio, Reflectivity, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Street Photography and Photojournalism, StreetArt, Techno Logical, United States and Windows and Doors.
Art
Writing
Call to Prayer
I hear the call / through my / open window / same time / every evening Takes me back / to darker days / in the desert / the call of the muezzin / summoning the faithful But I am far / from that …
On Children’s Artwork
Scribble hair / with ponytail, / big smile and fluttery eyes, / stovepipe body, / stick arms and legs, / button hands, / and tiny lipstick feet - a happy self-portrait.
Cutting Remark
Razorblades cross my tongue. / Bloody words / eviscerate, / cut out the heart / of one I loved.
International Relations
Thank you citizens, / thank you taxpayers, / for funding steamy hours / in saunas abroad; / buying rounds of chilled vodka, / mounds of bread, cheese, and pickles; / and for providing me the ways and …
Training for my Inevitable Demise
Selfish and unwilling / lazy and unfocused / the modern soldier / goes through the motions, / pretending toward combat readiness, / mission expertise, / and improved global awareness. I am tired …
