You never held it at the right angle (person)

So close.   That is what I used to think, when I looked at your photographs.   So close to being perfect-  dozens of images of still life in fading afternoon sun,  portraits of strangers in train stations and fast food booths-- faces of boredom and exhaustion and joy.    So close.   

I always felt you were on the edge of capturing the image-- almost there, but not quite.   

No, I never told her this.   Would it have made any difference?  I doubt it.  She threw her pictures at me- I threw my words at her and then we drifted apart. 

A dramatic exit was not called for and did not arrive.       

^{You never held it at the right angle,  You never held it at the right}

^{angle,                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Catch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling star,                                                                                                    Because you can't hold it.} 

^{neko case}