Anonymous

Anonymous               by Sami Khalil

A fictitious story

I was tasked to lend myself to Bell Computers Corp. to decipher a photo.

As the company desired to use the bucolic image (purchased anonymously) as the background of their new Windows version, they were apprehensive about being sued by the rightful owner if he or she comes forward.

The photo was mysterious, yet beautiful; two lovers kissing with their backs turned to the camera upon a smooth-sloped hill with a glaring sun peeking through studded whitish- grayish cloudy sky.

All those present in the photo seemed, on the surface, an integral part of saturated fantasies. As some of us know, art can straddle the space between lived and perceived notions.

Bell Computers knew the reputation of my company: “Samiskhal’s Forensics”, and how notoriously I’m in cracking many hard cases through photo forensics.

My methods (modes of expertise) were to study the different aspects before me: Time, landscape, narrative spoken or unspoken, clear or hidden topography and much more…

My renderings were Ninety percent accurate so to speak or more. As a result, I was paid handsomely for my top-notch work (no ambivalence about it) by police departments, colleges, DNA labs and big corporations. I even cracked the case of the haunting “Anonymous” statue in Budapest, Hungary.

To give a little snapshot about me, growing up, I was an introvert, living through a civil war of not my choice. I had to encounter many fears and uncertainties. I studied forensic photography to document the horrendous crimes of the war. I wanted the next generation to feel and see its horrors and heavy prices. When I took those priceless photos, I felt so sad, but then animated at their preservation. I felt I was preserving the history of man’s atrocities.

Photographs became my defaulted visual language, with paradoxical functions. I aligned myself with images embedded on the lines of scrimmages. The ubiquity of their vantage points was a clear grasp of sublime contrasts.

Back to the task at hand, I asked Bell Computers to give me a week to come up with the answer, then I zoomed in my transcendental techniques on said photo, analyzing every aspect, using magical evaluations (subject of another story). By week’s end, I cracked the secret behind the paradigm. I even tracked down the two lovers.

When I submitted my findings to the company, they had an escapist reaction to the sad reality. The anonymous landscape was undeniably a viticultural hill of beautiful Vermont.

As for the lovers, I found out the hospital where they both perished from “Covid.”

Bell Computers, with a heavy heart, honored them both where no one can efface their memory.  

Long live lovers, even be anonymous.

 

 

 

Reviews

[I'm trying my best okay]

I would like to know, when the character says "Covid" with quotation marks, do they know what the deseise is? Are they living in a world where Covid never struck, or is it before 2019? Also, how exactly did they crack down on the secret of the two lovers? Did they observe the picture and then do intense searching on the internet, or do they possess some sort of sense where they can just tell these things from looking at the picture and analyzing it long enough?

[Sami Khalil]

Good questions. Will keep it mysterious. Food for thought. Has some reality mixed with fiction. Thank you 😊 for your time and effort. Many times, I concentrate or focus the whole story on a main message which is a positive one or realistic one.
If you unlock 🔑 the gist of the story, then it was worth it.
Have a good night.

[Coyote Poetry]

We become, who who we become my friend. Outstanding poetry my friend
Coyote

[Sami Khalil]

Howdy Do! So true and well said sir Coyote. Million thank yous for stopping by. Be blessed by the Great Spirit.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Sami.

[Sami Khalil]

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[Robert Haigh]

Photography is as important to me as poetry and music. I don't claim to be able to "read" or decipher the photographs of other people, but a good photograph is a true work of art. An intriguing story you relate here, Sami. The storyline may be fictitious, but your artistry is very real! You take the reader along with you as you narrate the tale, and make us feel every emotion that the storyline holds. Admirable work, my friend!

[Sami Khalil]

OMG! What an honor coming from RH. May I extend my heartfelt thanks and admiration towards you. All rich blessings.

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Sami… amazing Insight… there are so many Unsung Heroes .. you being definitely one of the Greatest. Bless you and May the Light be ever in your Presence. tenderly, Pat

[Sami Khalil]

An honor indeed coming from one of the most talented poets on this site. May God bless you more as He already did. Million thank yous. See you soon.

[Patricia Wedel]

You are an Instrument of God’s Peace…
Amazing Grace … Amen… Pat

[Sami Khalil]

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