Found Footage

Tristan Robert Lange


Notice of absence from Tristan Robert Lange
Life is full of seasons. This is a season of transition for me, where I will be moving with my family to a new location. As such, with much logistics to consider, I am doing my best to keep up. Please know if I accidentally don't respond, it is not because I am ghosting or becoming distant. Once things settle after the move, I am sure life will return to some normalcy. In the meantime, and always:

Read ๐Ÿ‘“, Write โœ๏ธ, Rise ๐ŸŒ…, Realize ๐Ÿคฏ.

Tristan ๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›
Innocence iced—
Hardly worth it.
Aborted.
Tot to tinker toy.
Eczema enlightenment.
 
Mass cue linear—
Yesterday yells
Like vile villainy!
I am found footage—
Forever oblivion—
Exposed negatives.
 
© 2025 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, December 20, 2025
 
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  • Author: Tristan Robert Lange (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 20th, 2025 08:49
  • Comment from author about the poem: Iโ€™m now published in an anthology featuring authors from across the Poconos, PA. All proceeds benefit the Pocono Liars Club โ€” a collective of authors and editors dedicated to supporting and mentoring local writers. Available in paperback and Kindle, please consider purchasing one and supporting a great cause. https://a.co/d/58uxM69
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  • Friendship

    A powerful painting, you painted! Your poem explores themes of innocence lost, existential despair, and the fleeting nature of existence. The juxtaposition of childhood imagery with darker elements suggests a critique of societal norms and the loss of purity in a harsh world.

    • Tristan Robert Lange

      Friendship, thank you. I really appreciate your reading and the care you brought to it. Iโ€™m glad the poem delivered for you. ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ“ผ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

    • sorenbarrett

      Whether such footage is personal memory or that of others frames of memory bring up the past. Like exposed negatives have a totally opposite view of things where black is white and white is black. Well written my friend

      • Tristan Robert Lange

        Soren, Iโ€™m glad the idea of exposed negatives spoke to you. That inversion, where meaning flips and distorts, was something I wanted to leave unsettled rather than explained. Thanks for noticing it, my dear friend. ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ“ผ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

        • sorenbarrett

          You are most welcome Tristan

        • orchidee

          You found footage of P and Co? - it can never be published publicly! heehee. I don't fancy a bit of eczema!

          • Tristan Robert Lange

            Thank you Orchi ๐Ÿ˜‚ if it were P and Co, it would definitely be sealed, classified, and marked โ€œdo not restore.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Found footage has limitsโ€ฆand skin conditions (and their glugging locations) are two of them. ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ“ผ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ™

          • arqios

            This piece hits like a fever dream. Itโ€™s incredibly visceralโ€”moving from the clinical coldness of "Innocence iced" to the raw, physical irritation of "Eczema enlightenment."



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