Monday, June 28, 2010

Eyes of a Stranger

Last night came the pictures of the cops rounding up protestors en masse at Queen and Spadina. The word was they had identified suspects in the crowd from Saturday’s protests, but it came out today that they were simply arresting everyone in particular areas around the city, running them through a scanner, and using facial-recognition software against the photos they’d taken the day before . . . except that the bad guys, the Black Bloc anarchists they’d spent the entire week warning us about had all worn masks, and I don’t like the odds that I might have the eyes of a stranger.

Photo © 2007 by Sarolta Bán.
Posted by Roy Schulze at 10:46 AM
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12 comments:

  1. Roy SchulzeMarch 4, 2012 at 9:56 AM

    Posted to Magpie Tales 107.

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  2. JJ Roa RodriguezMarch 4, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    Yes, who can identify people in mask... Nice one Sir Roy!

    JJRod'z

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  3. Mimi FoxmortonMarch 4, 2012 at 10:20 AM

    Superb!

    And also has the makings of an excellent story!

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  4. gautami tripathyMarch 4, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    Beautifully done!

    obscured

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  5. Little NellMarch 4, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    Very unsettling; who would want the eyes of a stranger indeed? An unusual take on the prompt,

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  6. christopherMarch 4, 2012 at 11:33 AM

    I feel like you have been there, done that. I was in a dust up like that in 1971.

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  7. ChèvrefeuilleMarch 4, 2012 at 1:38 PM

    Nicely done. Loved reading this poem.

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  8. Brian MillerMarch 4, 2012 at 2:13 PM

    this def has a futurist or blade runner feel to it...and what happens when they get it wrong...

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  9. WanderMarch 5, 2012 at 2:31 AM

    I like!

    Wander

    http://wanderwithoutbeinglost.blogspot.com

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  10. R. Burnett BakerMarch 5, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    I was there that day. As is my habit, I go from Rochester to TO regularly to visit friends. Crossing the bridge at Lewiston/Queenston the Canadian immigration officer asked if I was going to protest. Protest WHAT, I had asked him. He told me about the G20 and I said that I couldn't care less. Anyway, I also am at Queen and Spadina regularly since there are a couple of favorite eating places I go there. Luckily I missed this scene. I'm shocked at the photo: Canada loves to proclaim itself so tolerant and above the haughty Yanks. What, I wonder is the real difference?? It's a chilling photo, write, and thought.

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  11. Susan AndersonMarch 5, 2012 at 7:05 PM

    Kind of disturbing. And intriguing, too.

    =)

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  12. Tess KincaidMarch 6, 2012 at 10:48 AM

    Clever chilling write...

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