'A wander' and the streets of San Telmo
Calm excitement and cobblestone strides
One, two, three beats taunt the twilight
And rise as the sun leaves the sky

Frantic echoes and unmarked street corners
The raucous roar of the drums our guide
Ra-tatatat sounds the challenge
Ra-tatatat sounds the night

Sus hombros bailaban; vibraban.
Sonoras maracas alumbrando
los pequeños conciertos
De su alrededor. Tocando
Al abandono de lo incierto;
Sólo para acá,
Sólo para ahora.
Electric
   Laughter
         And
              Explosive
­                  Movement
Sets the crowd ablaze
to the rhythms of the streets.

Burning, these unquenchable winds
Swiftly swell their cells’ sails,
Their coordinated flow
Coalescing in chaotic harmony

Consumed,
     to a simmering cinder,
The collective
     of souls - now embers
Stop, rest, breathe,
     around the new stage as

Two bright shadows enter
entangled in a tango,
and burst into flames.
From their ashes a fiery phoenix rises,
serendipitously reigniting the crowd
in an act of celestial providence

(A horde of) hearts
                       Beat
                       In sync
Under the sanguine stare of the moon,
Fires sprout all over the ground in full bloom,
illuminating the path to the planetarium,
welcoming travelers to this Astral Sanctum.

With the waxing and waning fervor
Circling the ceremonious pits
The pounding steps coordinate the furor
And charge the fires in a wild blazing blitz

Finally the fire has shed the flesh and freed the spirit
Bared it under the night sky for all to see
Loudly setting the silence alit
In a last, mesmerizing musical spree

With the celebration over
The sun joins the fray
The ****** must leave,
To return again - on a new day