
scene from the film classic The 400 Blows (1959) by Francois Truffaut
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he'd run like the wildest river
from a Juvie camp to be free
run relentless, hot like a fever
and reached the cool mothering sea
.
a sudden realization lights his face:
nowhere to run, the lapping irony,
he'll disappear without a trace;
turns, FIN, to the camera, and looks at me.
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