“Don’t Touch!” — Image by kenne
you’re probably wondering
why I took this photograph,
well, so am I –
nothing better to do, I guess,
other than window-shop
along the historic
main street of Sedona,
when I saw this manikin
of an old card shark
who had once
been a young man,
now too old to stand up,
too old to dress himself
and too old to care.
the truth is, it was the
“Don’t Touch!” sign
held there on his vest
by a safety-pin, since he
was also too old to touch,
a problem that wouldn’t be
if he were an old wooden Indian.
— kenne
Figures along the street like this always attract my attention. Our main street here in Cambridge, Ohio is lined with 186 mannequins, some under each light post, during the holiday season in the spirit of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. People come from far and wide to view the display and participate in various activities.