Gracia

Plastic grating wand
Water bottle flowers
Block out the muted stars
Paper monsters and drinking straw women
Beer drinking boys and sangria swilling girls
Old women play cards with friends and wine
Pre-teens sneak sips under parent’s noses
On a make-shift stage
The guitarist calls up two friends
They embrace without spilling paper cups
The band begins to play
And the street

Erupts

Into…
Foreign words and foreign dance
Happy eyes and sweaty hands
Quick moving feet and slow moving hips
Wide Spanish smiles and wine stained lips
The young people dance, old women tap feet
Pre-teens take gulps as parents leave seats

The music ends
The crowd applauds
Your friend mouths the words
“Time to move on”

So you leave
Lost in the crowd
Lost in a moment
Too great for words