I have no idea what these contests are/will explore-- here's one that might fit -- I originally titled it Natural Selection but Out of the Picture works too
Looking through old photos,
I found the one of all the boys
in brown, lined up in rows
before the barracks in a town
in France. My father never talked
about the war or purple hearts,
but always watched old movies
Friday nights where frail men
died, the fittest men survived.
I watched them too though never
really knew what they went through.
I took that photo to the funeral
home for all to see. At calling hours
some men came Dad knew. They
laughed together, cried some,
shared collective memory.
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