It was taken some time ago
　　At first it seems to be
　　a smeared
　　print: blurred lines and grey flecks
　　blended with the paper;
　　
　　then, as you scan
　　it, you can see something in the left-hand corner
　　a thing that is like a branch: part of a tree
　　(balsam or spruce) emerging
　　and, to the right, halfway up
　　what ought to be a gentle
　　slope, a small frame house.
　　
　　In the background there is a lake,
　　and beyond that, some low hills.
　　
　　(The photograph was taken
　　the day after I drowned.
　　
　　I am in the lake, in the center
　　of the picture, just under the surface.
　　
　　It is difficult to say where
　　precisely, or to say
　　how large or how small I am:
　　the effect of water
　　on light is a distortion.
　　
　　but if you look long enough
　　eventually
　　you will see me.)