# Tourist snaps

*We're wandering the streets in issue #283 of your weekly poetry shot*

By [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct) · 2026-02-13

poetry, tourism, stories, paris

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> _As I weave through  
> the crowds, I know  
> I will feature  
> in a thousand  
> tourist snaps;  
> now I'm part of their story._

Imagine you want to visit a museum in the city you live in. To get there, you walk past a beautiful spot that has one of the best views of one of the most iconic monuments in the world. Do you see the crowds standing there? Snapping photos, selling trinkets, being tourists? Well, if you get out at the Trocadero metro stop, and walk through the Esplanade du Trocadéro to cross the Pont d'Iena, you will know what I mean. If you don't want to be in other people's pictures, don't do this. It's unavoidable. And to be fair, from that Esplanade, you have an amazing view of the Eiffel Tower. Arguably the best view.

With virtually everybody living with a camera glued to their hand these days (and then I'm not even speaking of those Ray Ban Facebook glasses), you will become part of other people's stories. There is no escaping. I don't really mind for myself. But I do not like it if my children are in it. I used to mind that less, but now that images shared on socials will inevitably become part of AI training data sets, I have more concerns. I rather not have my children's faces be inspiration for AI halucinations. Still looking to find ways to avoid that, without moving to an isolated home high up in the mountains.

Although, that doesn't even sound that bad.

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### Poésie de la vie

Maybe the best time to wander the streets of Paris, is right when it wakes up at 5 am.

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*Originally published on [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/tourist-snaps)*